Charting Companion on Mac is an advanced program, which makes it easy for you to view, publish and print high quality genealogy charts and reports directly from your genealogy file.

Whether your database holds a handful of people or thousands, Charting Companion for Mac gives you the tools to quickly find individuals, view their family information, and navigate through their tree.

The given are the steps to activate and use Family Tree Maker Charting Companion on Mac computer

1. If you are a Family Tree Maker user, in the FTM menu click on “Tools Charting Companion”.

2. For all other genealogy programs, click on the Charting Companion on Mac menu: “File Open”.

3. Browse to your file. If you cannot find your file, click on “Scan disk”, and Charting Companion for Mac will find all your genealogy files.

4. Find a person. Click on the Name List icon or click on the menu “View Name List”.

5. Enter a surname and optionally a given name, click on “Go to” and “View”.

6. Create a chart

7. Charting Companion on Mac Click on “Charts & Reports Ancestor Fan chart” for example, then click on “Preview”.

8. Print or Publish the chart After previewing the chart, click on the Printer icon, then Publish or Print.

9. Choose the file type in the drop-down list.