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A person's personal information can be edited in the Edit Person dialog.
The General Information tab contains the basic information about the person. This includes the person's name, gender, birth information, and death information.
If images have been associated with the person, the primary image is displayed on the right side of the window.
It is possible for people to use more than one name during their lifetime. These may be legal name changes, or just informal names. An example would be a person changing his or her name due to marriage or adoption. GRAMPS allows multiple alternate names to be specified for each person.
The Alternate Names tab allows additional names to be added or removed from list. Clicking the Add button allows a new name to be added to the list. The Edit/View allows the selected alternate name to be edited. The Delete button removes the selected name.
The Events tab allows information about various events in a person's life to be recorded. GRAMPS provides a list of common events, but allows you to name an event anything that you choose.
An event consists of the name of an event (such as "Baptism" or "Education"), a date or date range on which the event occurred, the place where the event occurred, and a description of the event. A note or a source may also be attached to the event.
Events have the concept of privacy and confidence associated with them. An event may be marked as "Private". When generating reports or exporting to other formats, you will be allowed to either include or exclude private records. This will allow you to limit information provided to others.
GRAMPS allows you to specify your confidence in the information you have. By default, a confidence level of "Normal" is associated with each event. This can be increased ("High" or "Very High") or decreased ("Low" or "Very Low") to indicate the confidence you have in the information. For example, if Aunt Martha thinks that her grandmother was born in a particular year, you may wish to mark this with a lower level of confidence than if you had a copy of her grandmother's birth certificate.
The Event tab displays information about the currently selected event at the top of the window. Below this information is a list of the events that have been previously entered. Clicking on one of the events in the list selects the event, and displays its information at the top of the window.
An event may be added by clicking the Add button. This displays a form that allows you to enter the information about the particular event. The Edit/View button allows to view or to alter the information of the currently displayed event. The Delete button allows you to delete the currently displayed event.
Attributes are similar to events, but are for information items that do not necessarily have the concept of a place or a date. An example would be a person's Social Security Number or national origin. Attributes consist of an attribute name and its value.
Like events, attributes may also have a note, source, privacy marker, and confidence level associated with them.
The Attribute tab displays information about the currently selected attribute at the top of the window. Below this information is a list of the attributes that have been previously entered. Clicking on one of the attributes in the list selects the attribute, and displays its information at the top of the window.
An attribute may be added by clicking the Add button. This displays a form that allows you to enter the information about the particular attribute. The Edit/View button allows to view or to alter the information of the currently displayed attribute. The Delete button allows you to delete the currently displayed attribute.
Addresses are used to record information about where a person has lived. Addresses are different from GRAMPS' concept of a place. An address, as GRAMPS sees, it consists of an equivalent of a mailing address and the date or date range when the person lived at the address.
Like events and attributes, addresses may also have a note, source, privacy marker, and confidence level associated with them.
The Address tab displays information about the currently selected address at the top of the window. Below this information is a list of the addresses that have been previously entered. Clicking on one of the addresses in the list selects the address, and displays its information at the top of the window.
An address may be added by clicking the Add button. This displays a form that allows you to enter the information about the particular address. The Edit/View button allows to view or to alter the information of the currently displayed address. The Delete button allows you to delete the currently displayed address.
In addition to the notes that may be attached to any particular event, attribute, or address, GRAMPS has a generic note attached to the person.
The note window is a free-form edit window, allowing you to enter any information that you want.
The Gallery tab allows you to associate files (known in GRAMPS as media objects) with a particular person. These files are typically images or photographs, but may be of any filetype, such as (but not limited to) sound files and word processing documents.
GRAMPS provides a central repository for all media objects in the Media View. This allows the same media object to appear in multiple galleries. Adding a media object to a gallery actually adds the object to the Media View, and makes a local reference in the gallery.
While each media object can have a note and attributes attached to it, each gallery can add its own notes and attributes to the reference in its gallery. This allows media objects to have global and local properties. For example, a photo of a family reunion may have many people in it. A global note may describe the picture in general, identifying the place and date. When this object is added to a gallery, you can attach a note to the reference in the gallery adding some specific information, such as "Aunt Martha is the third person from the right in the second row". Clicking the Edit Properites allows you to edit the local properties.
The first object in the gallery is considered to be the primary image. If this object is an image, it will appear on the General Information tab, and will be the primary image used by report generators. An image can be made the default at any time by selecting the thumbnail image and dragging it to the first position in the gallery. In this same manner, the order of the images can be changed using the same drag and drop technique.
Objects may be added to the gallery in several ways. By clicking the Add Media Object button, a dialog box is presented which allows you to choose an object from the file system. This method adds a new object to the Media View and creates a reference in the gallery. Objects may also be added by either dragging and dropping from one gallery to another, or by dragging from the Media View to a gallery. In this case, a new media object is not created, but a reference to an existing media object is made in the gallery, sharing the same media object between galleries. Finally, new objects may be added to a gallery and the Media View by dragging and dropping from a file manager (such as Nautilus or Konqueror) or a web browser (such as Galeon, Mozilla, or Konqueror) into a gallery.
Media objects can be removed from a gallery by clicking the Delete Media Object button. This action only removes the reference to the current gallery. It does not remove the media object from the Media View or from any other galleries that are referencing it.
Right clicking on a selected object brings up a menu.
Menu options
Allows you to view an object image using GNOME's default viewer for the file type.
Launches the gimp program, allowing you to edit the image. This option only shows up if the media object is an image.
Allows you to change the attributes and note attached to the media object.
This option is only displayed if the media is a reference to a file that is not controlled by GRAMPS. Selecting the option causes GRAMPS to make its own copy of the media object.
Frequently, information about a person is available on the internet, frequently on someone else's web site. With multiple people researching the same family, it is desirable to keep track of internet sites that contain information about someone in your database. This allows you to keep track of the web sites you can periodically check them for any addition information.
The Internet tab displays information about the currently selected internet address at the top of the window. Below this information is a list of the internet address that have been previously entered. Clicking on one of the events in the list selects the event, and displays its information at the top of the window.
Clicking on the internet address displayed at the top part of the window will cause GRAMPS to attempt to display the site using the GNOME default browser.
An internet address may be added by clicking on the Add button. This displays a form that allows you to enter the information about the internet address. This information consists of the web address (URL) and a description of the location. The Edit/View button allows to view or alter the information of the currently displayed internet address. The Delete button allows you to delete the currently displayed internet address.
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