Everybody Chart

What Is an Everybody Chart?
Creating an Everybody Chart
For Whom? Pruning an Everybody Chart
Limiting Branch Size
Layout
The Create Chart Button

Editing Everybody Charts
Editing Tree Charts
Pictures in Charts
Privacy Filter

What Is an Everybody Chart?

An everybody chart is a graphic document that shows every person that you’ve selected to be included in the chart. This could be your entire family file or a smaller subset of your family file.

An everybody chart is actually composed of many smaller subcharts. Each subchart includes graphic elements - boxes and connecting lines - to depict relationships within the subchart. Relationships between subcharts are depicted using node lines, node numbers, or grid locations.

Here is a small part of an everybody chart:


Note: Depending on the number of people included in this chart, it could become very large or unmanageable.

You are strongly encouraged to use marking to include only the people and families that are vital to the chart being created.

Larger everybody charts will require a larger amount of paper, a lot of space to display and a lot of computer time to create.
Creating an Everybody Chart

To make an everybody chart...

  1. Select Charts in the navbar on the left.
  2. Select Everybody from the list of charts.

A panel full of options will appear.

For Whom?

The "Who" selection allows you to choose either your entire family file or the currently selected island. To reduce the number of people in the chart, proceed to the Pruning section.

Pruning an Everybody Chart

Everybody charts can become large and unmanageable, so it’s a good practice to create a more focused chart by excluding any people or branches that are not important for the chart being created. The number of people in your everybody chart can be reduced by checking either "Marked people only" or "Unmarked people only."

Reunion offers many options for marking and unmarking groups of people. You can use marking to create an everybody chart for a smaller subset of your family file.

To see a preview of the number of people that will be included in your everybody chart, look for the number to the right of the Create Chart button.

Limit Branch Size

An everybody chart is made up of smaller subcharts. You may find that one or more subcharts has too many generations in comparison to the other subcharts. This may result in a lot of wasted space in the graphical chart. Checking this option and setting a smaller number of generations will split the larger subcharts into smaller more manageable subcharts.

Layout

A layout is a collection of settings that determine the content and "look" of a chart. To create or customize the layout for an everybody chart...

  1. Select Charts > Everybody.
  2. Click the Layout button and choose Define Layouts.

Most of the layout settings for everybody charts are common to other charts and reports. Follow these links for more information...

The Create Chart Button

When you click the Create Chart button in the Charts > Everybody panel, Reunion takes the following steps...

Note: everybody charts have some unique editing features, which are described here.

To learn about editing the tree charts, click here.