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Don Allingham
2005-12-17 05:26:38 +00:00
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<para>
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>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
You will then be asked to give the new database a name.
</para>
<note id="new-db-notdir-note">
@@ -66,28 +62,22 @@
<para>
To open a database, either choose
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
or click the <guibutton>Open</guibutton> button on the Toolbar.
The <guilabel>Open database</guilabel> dialog will appear and
you'll see a list of files. If you don't see the file you're
looking for, make sure the All files filter is selected. (This
dialog has a &quot;filetype&quot; filter, meaning it may only be
<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or click the
<guibutton>Open</guibutton> button on the Toolbar. The
<guilabel>Open database</guilabel> dialog will appear and you'll
see a list of files. If you don't see the file you're looking
for, make sure the All files filter is selected. (This dialog
has a &quot;filetype&quot; filter, meaning it may only be
showing files that have a certain extension.)
</para>
<para>
</para><para>
To open a recently accessed database, choose <menuchoice>
<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open Recent</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice> and select the filename from the list.
</para>
<para>
</para><para>
If you do not have &quot;write permissions&quot; for the selected database,
it will be opened in a Read Only mode. In this mode, the data
@@ -144,23 +134,23 @@
&quot;save&quot; command (although there is a &quot;save
as&quot; command that we'll discuss below.)
</para>
</para><para>
<para>
You can undo changes you've made by selecting
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. If you select
this command repeatedly, your most recent changes will be undone
one at a time. </para>
one at a time.
<para></para>
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
without saving in other programs.
</para>
<para>
</para><para>
If you would like to save your database under a different name,
you can do so by choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
@@ -180,9 +170,10 @@
<title>Importing Data</title>
<para>
Importing allows you to bring data from other
genealogy programs into a &app; database Currently,
&app; can import data from the following formats:
Importing allows you to bring data from other genealogy programs
into a &app; database Currently, &app; can import data from the
following formats:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
@@ -213,19 +204,19 @@
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.
<para>
</para>
</note>
<para>
To import data, select <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Import</guisubmenu> </menuchoice>. The
<guilabel>Import database</guilabel> dialog will open, asking you
to specify the file you wish to import.
<guisubmenu>Import</guisubmenu></menuchoice>. The <guilabel>Import
database</guilabel> dialog will open, asking you to specify the
file you wish to import.
</para>
<warn id="import-dataloss">
<warning id="import-dataloss">
<title>Data loss with some formats</title>
<para>
It is important to note that the importing process is not
@@ -233,8 +224,7 @@
that some of the data in these databases will not be imported
into &app;.
</para>
</warn>
</warning>
<para>
The &app; database (grdb), &app; XML, and &app; package are all
@@ -256,6 +246,7 @@
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&app; XML</term>
<listitem>
@@ -298,7 +289,6 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>