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FTM 2005....I'm soooo thick!

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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){

}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 15 Jun 2006 14:31

I know I'm extremely dim, but I think I've taken the biscuit this time! lol. Just installed FTM software and can't find out how to upload a gedcom. Can you help in words of one syllable please! jeanette x

Mandy in Wiltshire

Mandy in Wiltshire Report 15 Jun 2006 14:41

I hope I've got this right .... but I'm sure that once you've got the software installed, if you open up your Gedcom, it will automatically open up into FTM. Mandy :)

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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 15 Jun 2006 14:44

Excellent Mandy! So if I download my gedcom from here and click to open it, it should automatically open in FTM?

Kate

Kate Report 15 Jun 2006 14:49

Jeanette, if it doesn't automatically open in FTM then right-click on the file and select 'Open with' and then select FTM from the options you get. Kate.

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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 15 Jun 2006 14:57

Thanks Mandy and Kate I'm off to try it now!

Mandy in Wiltshire

Mandy in Wiltshire Report 15 Jun 2006 15:28

Oops, sorry, forgot to come back and check sooner lol! Did it work? (although you're probably doing the school run about now) Sometimes people send me Gedcoms as email attachments, and when I double click to open them, they always come straight up in FTM, which is why I made the suggestion. Mandy :)