Creating Family Tree Charts with Heredis iOS

Tap the Charts  icon at the bottom of the screen to produce a graphic display of the ancestry of the root person.

Changing Themes

Tap Themes in the top toolbar to select other possible displays. You can create illustrated trees or simple working trees, showing 4 to 6 generations according to the different themes.

The proposed tree charts are designed to be displayed and printed on one page only. Tap the theme of your choice to display the tree with a new look.

Zoom into the tree by sliding thumb and finger apart to view the contents of the boxes or double-tap. Slide on the chart to see other enlarged boxes.

Changing Persons

With your iPhone or iPod touch, tap Index on the top toolbar to see a list of all persons in the file. Scroll down the list or enter a surname and/or a given name to find a specific person. Tap the name in the resulting list to display that person’s tree chart in the theme you have chosen

With the iPad, the list of persons is displayed to the left of the chart. To hide the list, tap the arrow icon at the bottom of the list. Tap the same button to redisplay the list.

Sharing a tree chart

Once you have shown the tree to your loved ones, send it to them by email or print it for them. Tap the Share icon on the top toolbar and choose the method of sharing.

Print chart will launch the printing of the page to any Airprint printer on the network. Select the printer. Indicate the number of copies to be printed by tapping + or – and then print by tapping Print.

Tap Cancel to return to the tree displayed without printing.

Send by Email in PDF format will open your email application. You only have to complete the email by adding the addressee(s). The PDF file can be opened on any type of device.