diff --git a/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/usage.xml b/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/usage.xml index 0e8bb37ed..1253bde44 100644 --- a/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/usage.xml +++ b/gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/usage.xml @@ -967,18 +967,15 @@ Alternate way of adding images to galleries - An image can always be added to any gallery by using drag-and-drop. Items can be dragged from the Media View, any gallery, the desktop, the file manager or a web browser and dropped on the target gallery, adding the image to the gallery. - - In any gallery, you can also use the Edit to edit image information and the - button and to remove the image @@ -988,7 +985,6 @@ Removing an image from a gallery - In all galleries, removing the reference to the image does not remove the image from the database, but just from the gallery. To completely remove the image from the database, @@ -1028,29 +1024,41 @@ Editing Data: Complete Description - This section provides a complete description of all editing - options for all pieces of data in the &app; database. It refers - mainly to the menu items and buttons as the main way of - interacting with &app;. In addition to this, &app; provides an - extensive set of keybindings. The detailed reference to the - keybindings is found in the . + The previous section offered you a quick overview of how to enter + and edit data in GRAMPS. This section continues that discussion in + much greater detail. + + As we have seen above, GRAMPS offers you a series of Views. Each + of these Views gives you opportunities to enter and edit + information. In fact, you can often get to the same information + from different Views. + + In GRAMPS, information is entered and edited through what we call + dialogs. Since we use that term frequently, we should define what + we mean by it: + + A dialog is a pop-up window that provides one or more forms for + entering and editing data that fits a certain category. Examples + in GRAMPS include the Edit Person dialog and the + Marriage/Relationship dialog, among many others. + + A dialog often includes a series of "notebook tabs" that + group the information into subcategories. For example, the Edit + Person dialog has notebook tabs for subcategories such as Events, + Attributes, Addresses, and Notes, among others. + Add, Remove, and Edit buttons - In order to save precious screen space, most of the - Add, Remove, - and Edit buttons no longer are labeled - with text. Instead, the first two use - + and - icons, - and the third uses the icon depicting a pen on top of a paper - sheet. - - - Reference the latter as the - Edit button, while using - + and - to - denote the former two buttons. + In most cases, GRAMPS uses a + to + correspond to Add, a + - correspond to + Remove, and an icon of a pen on a sheet + of paper to denote Edit. We will continue + referring to the latter as the Edit + button, while using + and + - to denote the two former buttons. @@ -1131,41 +1139,38 @@ - The top of the window shows the name of the person whose - data is being edited. The main part of the window displays - ten notebook tabs containing different categories of - available information. You can bring any tab to the top for - viewing or editing by clicking on the appropriate tab - heading. The bottom part has OK and - Cancel buttons. Clicking the - OK button at any time will apply all - the changes made in all tabs and close the dialog - window. Clicking the Cancel button at - any time will close the window without applying any - changes. If any of the data in any tab were modified, the - alert window will appear with the choices of closing the - dialog without saving changes, canceling the initial cancel - request, or saving the changes. + + The top of the window shows the name of the person whose data is + being edited. Below this name are ten "notebook tabs" + containing different categories of available information. Click + any tab to view and edit its contents. Clicking the + OK button at the bottom will apply all + the changes made in all tabs and close the dialog + window. Clicking the Cancel button will + close the window without applying any changes. If any data in + any tabs were modified, an alert window will appear, prompting + you to choose from the following options: close the dialog + without saving changes, cancel the initial cancel request, or + save the changes. + + Clicking OK will immediately save - changes to the database (write on disk). This version of - &app; does not have a separate saving function, all - changes are immediate. + changes to the database. There is no need for a Save + operation, since all changes are immediate. - The tab labels reflect the presence of corresponding - information: if the tab contains any data, its label - appears boldface; if the tab has no data then its label - appears regular (not bold). + If a tab label is in boldface type, this means it contains + data. If not, it has no data. - The tabs provide the following information categories of - personal data: + The tabs provide the following information categories of + personal data: @@ -1174,50 +1179,52 @@ - The General tab allows editing of - general information about the person. This includes - the text entry fields of Given - name, Family name, - Family prefix (such as de or - van), Suffix (e.g. Jr. or III), - Title (e.g. Dr. or Rev.), - Nickname (Bob for Robert), - Type of the name (birth name, - married name, etc.) and Date and - Place of birth and death. Some of - these (Family name, - Type, and both - Place fields), also provide - autocompletion feature: as you type in these fields, - the menu is displayed below the field with the - available entries from the database that are - compatible with your partial input. This allows for a - quick selection of an available entry by selecting it - from the menu, either using the mouse or arrows and - Enter key. + The General tab contains general + information about the person. This includes + Given name, Family + name, Family prefix (such + as "de" or "van"), + Suffix (e.g. Jr. or III), + Title (e.g. Dr. or Rev.), + Nickname (Bob for Robert), + Type of the name (birth name, married + name, etc.) and Date and + Place of birth and death. Some of + these (Family name, + Type, and both + Place fields), also provide + "autocompletion" feature: as you type in these + fields, the menu is displayed below the field with the + available entries from the database that match your + partial input. This gives you a shortcut by letting you + select an entry that already exists in the database rather + than having to type it all out. You can select the entry + using your mouse or using your arrow and + Enter keys. - The Edit button located by the - Family name entry allows editing - the preferred name in complete detail, by invoking - the Name Editor dialog (see - ). + The Edit (that is, the "pen and + paper" icon) next to the Family + name entry field invokes the Name + Editor dialog. This dialog allows editing the + preferred name in full detail (see ). The Gender radio buttons offer the - choice of person's gender between + choice of person's gender : male, female, and unknown. Clicking the colored - circle buttons (green, yellow, or red, also called LED - buttons) located next to the birth and death Date fields + "LED" + buttons located next to the birth and death Date fields will bring up the Date Selection dialog allowing detailed modification of the date, see - . Clicking either + . Clicking either the Edit button located next to the birth and death LED buttons will bring up a dialog - allowing you to edit the corresponding event (birth or - death) details, see . The field - ID displays an internal &app; ID + allowing you to edit the birth or + death details (see ). The field + ID displays an &app; ID number which identifies the user in the database. The Image area shows the first image available in the Gallery of this @@ -1226,9 +1233,9 @@ Finally, the Information is complete and Information is - private check buttons provides the way to - mark whether this person's record is complete or not and - whether it is a private record. + private check buttons let you mark whether + or not the person's record is complete and + whether or not the record is private. @@ -1238,10 +1245,27 @@ Names - + + + + The Names tab displays information + concerning alternate names of the person and the controls + allowing their modification. The bottom part displays the + list of all alternate names of the person stored in the + database. The top part shows the details of the currently + selected name in the list (if any). The buttons + +, Edit, and + - allow the addition, modification, + and removal of an alternate name record from the database. + Note that the Edit and + - buttons become available only + when an alternate name is selected from the list. + + +
Edit Person dialog - Names @@ -1259,22 +1283,6 @@ - - The Names tab displays information - concerning alternate names of the person and the - controls allowing their modification. The bottom part - displays the list of all alternate names of the person - stored in the database. The top part shows the details - of the currently selected name in the list (if any). The - buttons +, - Edit, and - - allow the addition, - modification, and removal of an alternate name record - from the database. Note that the - Edit and - - buttons become available only when an alternate name is - selected from the list. -