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<sect1 id="gramps-intro">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para> The <application>&app;</application> is a genealogical
application. <application>&app;</application> is an acronym for the
application. &app; is an acronym for the
Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System. To put
it shortly, it allows you to store, edit, and research genealogical data
using your computer. Its functionality is somewhat common to other
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</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>Progress bar. </term>
<listitem><para>The progress bar is located in the lower left corner
of the <application>&app;</application> window. It displays the
of the &app; window. It displays the
progress of time consuming operations, such as opening and saving
large data bases, importing and exporting to other formats, generating
web-sites, etc. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>Statusbar. </term>
<listitem><para>The statusbar is located to the right of the progress
bar, on the very bottom of the <application>&app;</application> window.
bar, on the very bottom of the &app; window.
It displays information about current <application>&app;</application>
activity and contextual information about the menu items.
The behavior of the Status line can be adjusted in
<guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>Display area. </term>
<listitem><para>The largest are in the center of the
<application>&app;</application> window is the display area.
<listitem><para>The largest area in the center of the
&app; window is the display area.
It shows certain aspects of genealogical information, depending on the
currently selected View. There are six Views available
in <application>&app;</application>: <xref linkend="people-view"/>,
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<para>When <application>&app;</application> opens a database,
the View is set to the People View. People View lists individuals
whose data is stored in the database. People View displays people's
<guilabel>Names</guilabel>, <application>&app;</application>
<guilabel>ID</guilabel> numbers, <guilabel>Gender</guilabel>, and
<guilabel>Names</guilabel>, &app; <guilabel>ID</guilabel> numbers,
<guilabel>Gender</guilabel>, and
their <guilabel>Birth</guilabel> and <guilabel>Death dates</guilabel>.
The list can be ordered by any field.</para>
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database, <application>&app;</application> checks for the stored
Family names and breaks the people list into sublists based on the
first letter of their name. The alphabetical tabs are displayed in
the bottom part of the <application>&app;</application> window.
the bottom part of the &app; window.
The last tab, <guilabel>Other</guilabel>, stands for unidentified
characters -- all the entries not assigned to any other tab end up
in <guilabel>Other</guilabel>. In particular, people with no family
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<sect2 id="import-gedcom">
<title>Importing GEDCOM Data</title>
<para>Importing GEDCOM data allows you to incorporate the data created in
other genealogical programs into your currently
open <application>&app;</application> database.
other genealogical programs into your currently open &app; database.
<application>&app;</application> can import GEDCOM data files from a
number of software packages, as long as they comply with GEDCOM
standards. To import GEDCOM file, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Import from
<guisubmenu>Import</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Import from
GEDCOM</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. You will then be prompted with the
<guilabel>Open File</guilabel> dialog asking to specify the GEDCOM file
name. </para>
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<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
<sect2 id="export-gedcom">
<title>Exporting GEDCOM Data</title>
<para>Exporting GEDCOM data allows you to share any portion of you
<application>&app;</application> database with other researchers
<para>Exporting GEDCOM data allows you to share any portion of your
&app; database with other researchers
by way of standard GEDCOM files. To export into GEDCOM file,
choose <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Export</guimenuitem>
<guisubmenu>Export</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Export to GEDCOM</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The following
<guilabel>Export GEDCOM file</guilabel> dialog will appear.</para>
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<sect2 id="gramps-package-impex">
<title>Importing and Exporting &app; Packages</title>
<para> <application>&app;</application> provides a way to make your
<application>&app;</application> database completely portable. This might
&app; database completely portable. This might
prove useful, for instance, when you need to move your database to
another machine or to share it with somebody, while retaining all the
features provided by <application>&app;</application>. To accomplish
this, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Export</guimenuitem>
<guisubmenu>Export</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Export to GRAMPS Package</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The
<guilabel>GRAMPS Package Export</guilabel> window will appear. Type
the desired package name into the text entry area or click
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gramps database, all local media objects, and copies of all external
media objects. </para>
<para>To import data from such a package into your
<application>&app;</application> database, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem>
<para>To import data from such a package into your &app; database, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Import</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Import from GRAMPS</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, then select
a package to be imported from the <guilabel>Import from GRAMPS</guilabel>
dialog. </para>
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<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
<sect2 id="gramps-edit-complete">
<title>Editing Data: Complete Description</title>
<para> This section provides a complete description of all editing
options for all pieces of data in the &app; database. </para>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="adv-pers">
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</sect2>
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<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
<sect2 id="gramps-nav">
<title>Navigation</title>
<para> </para>
<para> As long as any database is open,
<application>&app;</application> is focused on a
single person usually referred to as an Active person. This
allows you to view or modify the data concerning this person,
his or her immediate family, etc. Navigating in the databse (i.e.
moving from person to person) is in fact nothing else but changing
the Active person. This section describes many alternative ways
to navigate through the database using complex and convenient
interface <application>&app;</application> provides. All these ways
eventually accomplish the same thing, but some are more convenient
than others, depending what you are doing in
<application>&app;</application> at the moment. </para>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-nav-default">
<title>Setting Default Person</title>
<para> </para>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-nav-bookmk">
<title>Bookmarking People</title>
<para> </para>
<sect3 id="gramps-nav-people">
<title>Using People View</title>
<para> The most intuitive way to select an active person is
to use the People View. When in the People View, just select the
name of the desired person from the list by clicking that list
entry. The person you have selected becomes active. The statusbar
updates to reflect the change of the active person. </para>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-nav-family">
<title>Using Family View</title>
<para> </para>
<para> When in the Family View, you can easily navigate between the
members of the displayed family as follows: </para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>To make currently selected spouse the active person,
click double-arrow button to the right of the active person box.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>To make currently selected parents the active family
(thereby making father the active person and mother the selected
spouse), click right-arrow button to the right of the active person's
parents box. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>To make currently selected spouse's parents
the active family (thereby making father the active person and mother
the selected spouse), click right-arrow button to the right of the
spouse's parents box.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>To make currently selected child the active person,
click left-arrow button to the right of the children box.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-nav-pedigree">
<title>Using Pedigree View</title>
<para> </para>
<para> Pedigree View also allows you to move along the family tree.
The benefits of this method is that you can see more than one
generation of the family tree. Also, you can jump directly from a
great-grandson to a great-grandfather without going through the
intermediate generations. </para>
<para> Note that after changing the active person in the Pedigree
View, the display is re-adjusted to show four generations, starting
from a newly selected Active person. When in the Pedigree View, you
can easily navigate between the members of the displayed family tree
as follows: </para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>To make any displayed person the active person,
double click the line that connects to the left side of the
corresponding box. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>To make a child of currently active person (if any)
the active person, click the left arrow button to the left of the
corresponding box. If there is more than one child, the button expands
to the menu listing the children to choose from. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>To move the whole family tree one generation back,
click on the corresponding right arrow button on the right-hand side
of the display area. Clicking the upper button will move the tree
along the paternal line. Clicking the lower button will move the
tree along the maternal line. </para>
<para> Clicking either of these buttons is completely equivalent to
double-clicking the lines connecting to the left of the corresponding
boxes for father and mother. </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-nav-default">
<title>Setting Default Person</title>
<para> One and only one person in the databse can be selected as the
default person. Once the default person is selected, moving to that
person becomes a matter of a signle click, regardless of which view
you are using at the moment. </para>
<para> To set the default person, first navigate to that person using
any method you like. Then choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Default Person</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Once this is
done, you can move to the default person from anywhere in the
database by simply clicking <guibutton>Home</guibutton> on the
toolbar. </para>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-nav-bookmk">
<title>Bookmarking People</title>
<para> Similarly to the default person, you can bookmark other people
from the database to simplify further navigation. To bookmark a person,
first navigate to that person, then choose
<menuchoice><guisubmenu>Bookmarks</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Add bookmark</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To move to that
person from anywhere in the database, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Go to bookmark</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem><replaceable>Person's name</replaceable></guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>. </para>
<para> You can manage your bookmarks by choosing
<menuchoice><guisubmenu>Bookmarks</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Edit bookmarks</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. This opens
the following<guilabel>Edit Bookmarks</guilabel> dialog with the
list of bookmarks and the controls to modify this list. </para>
<!-- ==== Figure: Edit Bookmarks dialog ==== -->
<figure id="edit-bm-fig">
<title>Edit Bookmarks dialog</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/edit-bm.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows Edit Bookmarks dialog. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
</sect3>
</sect2>
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<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
<sect2 id="gen-reports">
<title>Generating Reports</title>