help wanted with exporting tree please

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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	1 Jul 2006 15:04
	Just remember your friend has to have a gedcom program to be able to open it the other end.
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	InspectorGreenPen	Report	1 Jul 2006 12:29
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	GenesReunited sends you a copy as a Gedcom file in an email attachment.
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 248 Send Message	Marie	Report	1 Jul 2006 12:21
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 248 Send Message	Thank you Dizzy and Phoenix. I will have a go. I am rubbish with computers. M.
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 3,470 Send Message	Phoenix	Report	1 Jul 2006 00:15
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 3,470 Send Message	You are simply making a copy, in gedcom format. So yes, you can save it where you like, and forward it as an attachment.... provided you remember where you put it!
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 248 Send Message	Marie	Report	30 Jun 2006 23:14
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 248 Send Message	When you click on 'export tree' and it goes to one's own computer do you lose it completely from the Genes site? and can you then send it to someone and how? as an attachment to an E mail? or ? And once it is on one's computer can you then save it to a CD? Thanks! Marie