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Can the family tree be displayed vertically instead of horizontally?

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As I progress to add more and more names to the family tree from older generations to the youngest generation, the number of names at the bottom become very numerous, which makes it very difficult to easily visualize. It would be easier to visualize if the names could be displayed vertically instead of horizontally. Can the family tree be displayed vertically instead of horizontally? 

asked Aug 24, 2021 by hipaul (140 points)

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in some rare case that is doable, if you show only one parent in all cases
answered Sep 6, 2021 by ehabtm (770 points)
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Family Echo doesn't have that functionality built in. When I want to do something fancy, I use Family Tree Maker. I actually purchased Family Tree Maker just to use their charts. I work in FamilyEcho and then export my GEDCOM file and import it into Family Tree Maker. They have dozens of different types of genealogy charts. 

They also have an option where you can print out your whole family tree (subject to the normal limit of how much of a tree you can realistically display at a time) as one large PDF (instead of splitting it into multiple pages. But there is a limit to PDFs of a maximum width of 200 inches (about 17 feet), so there are some compromises there as well. 

answered Sep 10, 2021 by lsommerer (45,040 points)
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