Frequently Asked Questions

Printing and PDF Generating

The information that you place into Ancestral Quest can be printed out on paper, or saved as PDF documents or text files.

In the world of genealogy, there are specific types of traditional reports that are commonly generated from your family tree. Ancestral Quest can generate the most common of those traditional reports. A list of the reports that Ancestral Quest can generate is found on our Feature List page for Reports.

If the traditional pre-defined reports do not suit your needs, you can create your own Custom Report. This report is laid out in columns and can include may of the available fields from your Individual and Marriage records.

How do I generate a report as a PDF?

Instead of sending the report to your printer, you send the report to a PDF Printer Driver, which will save the report as a PDF file.

When on the Reports and Charts screen

In the column of buttons on the right, click the Printer Setup... button.
Within the window that appears, next to the Printer Name field, you will see your currently selected prnter. To the right of that printer, click the drop-down arrow button.
You will see a list of available printer drivers. Locate one that has PDF in the name. The most common are Adobe, CutePDF, Microsoft Print to PDF, PDFWriter, and PDF XChange. Click on the one you wish to use.
- If you do not see a PDF driver listed here, see the question, below about installing PDF drivers.
Once you select the PDF driver of choise, you can change the paper SIze and Orientation to best suit the report you are trying to print. (Although those options can also be selected from the Page Setup screen.)
Click the OK button to save your changes to this Printer Setup screen.
When you return to the Reports and Chsrts screen, be sure that the Destination in the lower-right corner of the window is set to Printer/Screen.

How do I install a PDF printer driver?

Visit the Install PDF Drivers page of our website

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