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# Pedigree View

The Pedigree View window displays the active person, the active person's parents, and the active parent's grandparents in a somewhat graphical manner. At any time, you can return to this view either by pressing the Pedigree button at the top of the screen, or by choosing the View->Pedgree entry from the menus.

Figure 14. Pedigree View

Moving the mouse over a displayed name will display additional information about a person, including their date of birth and date of death. Double-clicking the box will display the Edit Person dialog box for the person. Holding down the Shift key while double clicking will will make that person the active person.

Navigation around the tree can be accomplished several ways. Clicking on the arrow next to the active person will display a menu listing the children of the active person. Selecting a person from this list will change the active person to the selected child, effectively shifting the pedigree view to the left, or down one generation. Clicking one of the arrow buttons on the left side of the screen will make the select either the active person's father (top button) or mother (bottom button), effectively shifting the pedigree view to the right, or up one generation. If the active person does not have any children, then the button on the left-hand side of the screen will not appear. Similarly, if the active person does have a father or mother, the corresponding button on the right-hand side of the screen will not appear.

Figure 15. Navigation

As a quick short cut, double clicking on a line between two people will make the person on the right-hand side of the line the active person. Figure 15 shows navigation using this method. When the mouse is over one of the lines connecting individuals, the line widens and becomes highlighted. In this case, double clcking on the line would make Hjalmar Smith the active person.

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