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gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/getstart.xml
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<para>To open a database that you have recently opened, choose the
top selection, select your database from the menu and
click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. &app; will then ask you to specify
the name of the database you wish to open. </para>
click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
<para>To open an existing database you have not recently opened,
choose the middle selection and click

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&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. Whey you are not doing these types of operations,
sites, etc. When you are not doing these types of operations,
the Progress Bar is blank.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -92,12 +92,13 @@
<term>Status Bar</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The Status Bar is located to the right of the Progress Bar, on
the very bottom of the &app; window. It displays
The Status Bar is located to the right of the Progress Bar,
on the very bottom of the &app; window. It displays
information about current &app; activity and contextual
information about the selected items. The behavior of the
Status Bar can be adjusted in Preferences dialog, which can
be found by selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu></menuchoice>.
Status Bar can be adjusted in the Preferences dialog, which
can be found by selecting
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu></menuchoice>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -229,7 +230,7 @@
the boxes listed. You can also change the position of a column
in People View by clicking and dragging it to a new position
in the Editor. Once you have made the changes you want, click
<guibutton>OK</guibutton>to exit the Editor and see your
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> to exit the Editor and see your
changes in the People View.
</para>
@ -268,7 +269,7 @@
Genealogical databases can contain information on many people,
families, places, and objects. It's therefore possible for a
View to can contain a long list of data that's difficult to
View to contain a long list of data that's difficult to
work with. &app; gives you a means for controlling this
condition by allowing you to filter a list to a more
manageable size.
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<tip id="filt-tip">
<title>Example filter use</title>
<para>
To show males only, choose <guilabel>Males</guilabel>
To show males only, choose the <guilabel>Males</guilabel>
filter, then click the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>
button. To cancel any filtering, set the filter to
<guilabel>Entire Database</guilabel> and then click the
@ -528,7 +529,7 @@
The Pedigree View displays a family tree of the Active
person's ancestors. The Pedigree View shows up to five
generations, depending the size of the window. Each person is
generations, depending on the size of the window. Each person is
indicated by a box labeled with his or her name. Two lines
branch from each box. The top one shows the person's father
and the bottom one the mother. Solid lines represent birth
@ -561,8 +562,7 @@
and death dates. If you move your mouse over a line, the line
gets highlighted, indicating an active link. Double-click the
line to make the corresponding ancestor the Active
person. You'll note that the display is updated to show four
generations beginning with the new Active person.
person.
</para>
@ -586,10 +586,10 @@
<para>
To the left of the Active Person is a left arrow
button. Clicking this button expands a list of the Active
Person's children. Selecting one of the children makes that
child the Active Person.
To the left of the Active person is a left arrow button. If
the Active person has children, clicking this button expands a
list of the Active person's children. Selecting one of the
children makes that child the pctive Person.
</para><para>
@ -600,7 +600,7 @@
children without children (&quot;dead ends&quot;) appear in a
regular font. If the Active person has only one child, no menu
will be displayed (since there is only one choice) and the
child will become the Active Person when the arrow button is
child will become the Active person when the arrow button is
clicked.
</para><para>
@ -609,8 +609,7 @@
buttons. When the top button is clicked, the Father of the
Active person becomes the Active person. Clicking the bottom
button makes the Mother of the Active person the Active
person. Again, the display is re-adjusted to show four
generations, starting from the newly selected Active person.
person.
</para>
@ -636,13 +635,13 @@
Right-clicking on any person's box in the Pedigree View will
bring up the &quot;context menu&quot;. Among other useful
items, the context menu has submenus listing
items, the context menu has sub-menus listing
<guilabel>Spouses</guilabel>, <guilabel>Siblings</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Children</guilabel>, and
<guilabel>Parents</guilabel> of that
person. &quot;Greyed-out&quot; sub-menus indicate the absence
of the data in the appropriate category. Similarly to the
children menu above, Children's and Parents' menus distinguish
children menu above, Childrens' and Parents' menus distinguish
continuing lines from dead ends.
</para>
@ -714,7 +713,7 @@
child). Then, while in Pedigree View, right click anywhere in
the main window. A context menu will appear. Select
<guilabel>Set anchor</guilabel> and you will see the Active
person's indicated as the anchor in the lower left corner.
person indicated as the anchor in the lower left corner.
This newly established Anchor Person will remain in effect
until you right-click again and select <guilabel>Remove
anchor</guilabel> from the context menu or until a new Active
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images, audio files, animation files, etc. The list box on
the bottom lists the <guilabel>Name</guilabel>,
<guilabel>ID</guilabel>, <guilabel>Type</guilabel>, and
<guilabel>Path</guilabel> of the Media Object.
<guilabel>Column Editor Dialog</guilabel> may be used to
<guilabel>Path</guilabel> of the Media Object. The
<guilabel>Column Editor</guilabel> dialog may be used to
rearrange the displayed columns, which obey usual sorting
rules. The top part of the GRAMPS window shows a preview (if
available) and information about the Media Object.

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gramps2/doc/gramps-manual/C/preface.xml
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immediately applied; this means that clicking
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> in the Person, Family, Source,
Place, Media object, or Event editor immediately records
changes in the database. </para>
changes to the database. </para>
<para>In previous versions, you could &quot;quit without
saving.&quot; This option no longer exists per se; however,
@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
<para>Removal of the Save function and addition of Undo.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Proper window management and removal of most modal windows.</para>
<para>Proper window management.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Support for Tip of the Day.</para>
@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>It is possible to generate reports from the command
line, without launching the interactive GRAMPS
line, without launching an interactive GRAMPS
session.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>

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To start a new database, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.You will then be asked to give the new database a name.
</menuchoice>. You will then be asked to give the new database a name.
</para>
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<title>&app; databases</title>
<para>
&app; stores your data in Berkeley database, sometimes
&app; stores your data in a Berkeley database, sometimes
known as BSDDB. These files have &quot;.grdb&quot; as
their default extension. The extension is automatically
added to your filename.
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If you have made changes to your data, and would like to return
your database to the way it was when you opened it, select
<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Abandon changes
and quit</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. This just like quitting
and quit</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. This is just like quitting
without saving in other programs.
</para><para>
@ -155,9 +155,9 @@
If you would like to save your database under a different name,
you can do so by choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Save as...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and
specifying the name (and, optionally, format) of your new
specifying the name (and, optionally, the format) of your new
database. Note that &quot;Save as&quot; will allow you to
continuing editing the newly saved database. If this is not what
continue editing the newly saved database. If this is not what
you want to do, you may wish to use the &quot;Export&quot;
command instead.
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<para>
Importing allows you to bring data from other genealogy programs
into a &app; database Currently, &app; can import data from the
into a &app; database. Currently, &app; can import data from the
following formats:
</para>
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Please recognize that importing a database is different from
opening a database. When you import, you are actually bringing
data from one database into a GRAMPS database. When you open a
file, you editing your original file.
file, you are editing your original file.
</para>
</note>
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<listitem>
<para>
The native &app; database format is a specific form of
Berkeley database (BSDDB) with special structure of data
Berkeley database (BSDDB) with a special structure of data
tables. This format is binary and
architecture-dependent. It is very quick and efficient,
but not generally portable across computers with
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<term>&app; package</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The package is a compressed archive containing the &app;
The &app; package is a compressed archive containing the &app;
XML file and all media objects (images, sound files,
etc.) to which the database refers. The &app; package is
created by exporting (
@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
<note id="export-note">
<title>Export is saving a copy</title>
<para>
WheN you export, you are saving a copy of the currently opened
When you export, you are saving a copy of the currently opened
database. Exporting creates another file with a copy of your
data. Note that the database that remains opened in your GRAMPS
window is NOT the file saved by your export. Additional editing
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<title>Exporting into the GEDCOM format</title>
<para>
&app; allows you to export a database into the common GEDCM
&app; allows you to export a database into the common GEDCOM
format. It provides options that allow you to fine tune your
export (see <xref linkend="gedcom-export-fig"/>).