Desperately need you to drop how you made that family tree in google sheets or like. the link to the template or something
i'd share a template but i actually got this tree-making style from someone on twitter, and just reconstructed it myself (i use sheets a lot so i was able to figure out how they did it)
i will teach:
start with empty sheet. go view->show-> and uncheck gridlines
2) click this box and colour fill the sheet with a nice colour that doesn't hurt your eyes and is readable with black or white text overtop
3) select all of the columns, hit resize columns, and set it to 30. this will make your sheet very small, so make sure to keep your selection and click "insert 26 columns to the left/right" to make it larger
^ as you can see here the box that im selecting is very small now! this is correct.
4) select a 4 spaces wide x 6 spaces tall box, reset its colour to white, and click 'merge cells'
5) select the 4 squares directly below the box and click merge cells again. this is your text box, where names can go. if you aren't adding names you don't need this.
^ i am using the font verdana, 10 font size, with central horizontal and vertical align
6) you now have your character box. i copy and paste the same box around, and just change the name. next i will show you how to put the picture in.
6.5) you will need a picture or screenshot of your character/picture. i should add that the picture squares aren't actually perfect squares (they're taller) so make sure the pic you get isn't one either!
select your picture box and copy+paste the picture it. it will appear VERY big usually but this is OK. art used here is ursidays
next, click the 3 dots at the right corner at click 'put image in selected cell' at the bottom.
now your picture is in the cell!
7) now i will teach how to do the lines:
the red and blue boxes are to show how many spaces are between characters, they are not things you will add. i do TWO spaces between people right next to eachother horizontally and THREE vertically.
first, i do all of the horizontal lines, between the lovers and above the children.
you will click the 'borders' button. in the lineweight options (bottom right button) i set it to the 2nd thickness. then, click the button that creates a line on the TOP of what youre selecting.
next, select the right spaces to where your lines end. you can select the left side, but make sure all of the things you select are on the same side.
you will now go back to the 'borders' menu and click the left-border button.
this is pretty much all you need to know. for me, if a character is divorced/disowned, i change the lines to red, and if a character is adopted, i change the lines to blue. a character w/o a known lover but who has children i give a line coming from the bottom of their name. if two unrelated lines intersect, i colour one of the touching lines the background colour but slightly darker to make sure it's obvious they aren't connected. ok thats it! if you/anyone else needs more help just ask me :3
