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Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 3,527 Send Message	Christine in Herts	Report	11 Oct 2004 23:18
	Hello I'm no great expert, but I thought that it was usually possible to save-as GedCom format from most family tree software and that it would then be possible to open it into another package (or even, if you're lucky, load it into GenesReunited!). It would be the equivalent of saving a Word document in "rtf" (rich text format) which would leave out all the fancy background stuff but retain the actual text and text-formatting (tabs, bold, italic, etc) - or, in the case of a family tree, the names and dates etc. Can you ask your relation to save it in a more basic format so that you don't have to use the same software as (s)he does? Christine
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 1 Send Message	Sarah	Report	11 Oct 2004 23:01
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 1 Send Message	does anyone out there have sierra family tree i have a file from a relation with my whole family hisory on and cannot load it as i havent the program , he lives hundreds of miles away so i can not access it , anyone able to help me ? even if i send it to them and they change the file you need to read it with i cant and am fustrated , please help [email protected]