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<chapter id="gramps-mainwin">
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User Manual for Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
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Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Alexander Roitman
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This document is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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-->
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<!-- $Id$ -->
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<title>Main Window</title>
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<para>
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When you open a database (either existing or new), the
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following window is displayed:
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</para>
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<!-- ==== Figure: Main Window ==== -->
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<figure id="mainwin-fig" pgwide="1">
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<title>GRAMPS Main Window</title>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/mainwin.png" format="PNG" width="500" depth="352" scale="70"/>
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</imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
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<para>
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The main &app; window contains the following elements:
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Menubar</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The menubar is located at the very top of the window (right
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below the window title) and provides access to all the features
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of &app;.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Toolbar</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The toolbar is located right below the menubar. It gives you
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access to the most frequently used
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functions of &app;. You can set options that control how it
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appears by going to
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu></menuchoice>. You can also hide it entirely by going to <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Toolbar</guisubmenu></menuchoice>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Progress Bar</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The Progress Bar is located in the lower left corner of the
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&app; window. It displays the progress of time consuming
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operations, such as opening and saving large data bases,
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importing and exporting to other formats, generating web
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sites, etc. Whey you are not doing these types of operations,
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the Progress Bar is blank.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Status Bar</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The Status Bar is located to the right of the Progress Bar, on
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the very bottom of the &app; window. It displays
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information about current &app; activity and contextual
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information about the selected items. The behavior of the
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Status Bar can be adjusted in Preferences dialog, which can
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be found by selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu></menuchoice>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Display area</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The largest area in the center of the &app; window is the
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display area. What it displays depends on the currently
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selected View. We'll discuss Views in detail below.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<sect1 id="gramps-views">
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<title>Views</title>
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<para>Genealogical information is very broad and can be extremely
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detailed. Displaying it poses a challenge that GRAMPS takes on by
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dividing and organizing the information into a series of
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Views. Each View displays a portion of the total information,
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selected according to a particular category. This will become
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clearer as we explore the six different Views, listed
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below:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>People View</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Family View</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Pedigree View</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Sources View</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Places View</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Media View</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Before we launch into a description of each View,
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let's first explain how to switch between Views.</para>
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<sect2 id="view-modes">
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<title>Switching Views and Viewing Modes</title>
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<para>As mentioned above there are six different Views. In
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addition, there are two different Viewing Modes. You can tell at
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a glance which Viewing Mode you are in: If you see icons listed
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vertically in a sidebar at the left of the window, you are in
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the Sidebar Viewing Mode. If instead you see a series of
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"notebook tabs" (labeled People, Family, Pedigree, Sources,
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Places, Media) that run horizontally across the window, then you
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are in the Tabbed Viewing Mode. You can switch from one Viewing
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Mode to another by selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Sidebar</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the Sidebar menu item.</para>
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<para>If you're in the Sidebar Viewing Mode, you can select the View
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you want by clicking one of the sidebar icons.</para>
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<!-- ==== Figure: Sidebar Mode ==== -->
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<figure id="side-nofilt-fig">
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<title>Sidebar Viewing Mode</title>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/mainwin.png" format="PNG" width="500" depth="352" scale="75"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows sidebar viewing mode.</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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<para>If you're in the Tabbed Viewing Mode, you can select the
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View you want by clicking the corresponding notebook tab.</para>
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<figure id="noside-nofilt-fig">
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<title>Tabbed Viewing Mode</title>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/noside-nofilt.png" format="PNG" width="500" depth="393" scale="75"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows tabbed viewing mode.</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="people-view">
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<title>People View</title>
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<para>
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When &app; first opens a database, it displays the
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People View (<xref linkend="side-nofilt-fig"/> and <xref
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linkend="noside-nofilt-fig"/>). This view lists
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all the people stored in the database.
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</para>
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<para>
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You'll note that people are grouped according to their family
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names. To the left of each family name is an arrow. Clicking it
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once will reveal the entire list of people sharing that
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name. Clicking the arrow again will "roll up" the
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list and show only the family name.
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</para>
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<para>
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By default, the People View, displays the following columns:
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<guilabel>Names</guilabel>, &app; <guilabel>ID</guilabel>
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numbers, <guilabel>Gender</guilabel>, and their
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<guilabel>Birth</guilabel> and <guilabel>Death
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dates</guilabel>. You can add or remove columns to and from
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the display by calling up the <guilabel>Column
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Editor</guilabel> dialog
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(<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Column
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Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice>) and checking or unchecking
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the boxes listed. You can also change the position of a column
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in People View by clicking and dragging it to a new position
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in the Editor. Once you have made the changes you want, click
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<guibutton>OK</guibutton>to exit the Editor and see your
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changes in the People View.
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</para>
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<note id="columns-tip">
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<title>Column Editor</title>
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<para>
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The Column Editor is available in all Views and works the
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same way in each.
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</para>
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</note>
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<figure id="column-editor-fig">
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<title>Column Editor Dialog</title>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/column-editor.png" format="PNG" width="444" depth="437"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows column editor dialog. </phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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<sect3 id="filters">
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<title>Filters</title>
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<para>
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Genealogical databases can contain information on many people,
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families, places, and objects. It's therefore possible for a
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View to can contain a long list of data that's difficult to
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work with. &app; gives you a means for controlling this
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condition by allowing you to filter a list to a more
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manageable size.
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</para>
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<!-- ==== Figure: Enabled Filter ==== -->
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<figure id="side-filt-fig">
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<title>Filter Controls Displayed</title>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/side-filt.png" format="PNG" width="500" depth="352" scale="75"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows filter controls.</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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<para>
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When &app; opens a database, no filtering is in effect. In
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People View, for example, all people in the database are
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listed by default. To filter the list, go to <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>. This will place a new menu just above the list
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of People. Click on the double arrows of this menu to get a
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pop-up list of all the criteria by which you can filter the
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People listed. Choose a filter (for example, "Males"
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or "People with children") and click
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<guibutton>Apply</guibutton>.
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</para>
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<note id="filter-note">
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<title>Displaying the filter</title>
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<para>
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To reduce screen clutter, the filter menu is hidden by
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default. To display it, go to the <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> menu. Please understand that even if the
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filter menu is not displayed, filtering may still be in
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effect. (Thus, we say that filtering is persistent.) If you
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are unsure if your list is filtered, bring up the filter
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menu (by going to <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>) and check
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if any filtering is set.
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</para>
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</note>
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<tip id="filt-tip">
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<title>Example filter use</title>
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<para>
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To show males only, choose <guilabel>Males</guilabel>
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filter, then click the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>
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button. To cancel any filtering, set the filter to
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<guilabel>Entire Database</guilabel> and then click the
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<guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button.
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</para>
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</tip>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="family-view">
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<title>Family View</title>
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<para>
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The Family View displays the family information of a
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selected person that we call the Active person. Specifically,
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it shows his or her closest relationships.
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</para>
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<!-- ==== Figure: Family View ==== -->
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<figure id="family-fig">
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<title>Family View</title>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/family.png" format="PNG" width="500" depth="352" scale="75"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows Family View.</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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<para>
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The Family View displays the following series of list boxes:
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Active person</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Shows birth and death data for the individual you have
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selected. Double-click inside the box to edit the Active
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person's information. Click on the double arrow to the
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right and the currently selected Spouse will become the
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new Active person.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Relationship</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Displays birth and death data for the Active person's
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Spouse(s).
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</para>
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<note id="spouse-info">
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<title>Terminology</title>
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<para>
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In the Family View, we use the term "spouse"
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for sake of simplicity. However, please note that
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"spouse" may in fact be a domestic partner, a
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partner in a civil union, etc.
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</para>
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</note>
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<para>
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Double-click a Spouse to edit his or her
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relationship to the Active person. Shift-click (that is,
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hold down the Shift key while you click) a Spouse to edit
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his or her personal information. Click the icon to the
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top right of the Relationship box to add a new person to
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the database and to create a relationship between this
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person and the Active person. Click the middle icon to
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create a relationship between the Active person and
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another person already stored in the database. Click the
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minus (-) button to remove the relationship between the
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currently selected Spouse and the Active person. (Note
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that this does not remove the Spouse from the database.)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Active person's parents</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click the <guibutton>+</guibutton> or
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<guibutton>-</guibutton> buttons to add or remove parents
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of the Active person. Click the right arrow button to make
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the Father the new Active person and the Mother the new
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Spouse.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Spouse's parents</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This list box functions the same as that of the Active
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person's parents.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Children</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Displays the children of the Active person and the
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currently selected Spouse. The list can be ordered however
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you want by clicking on a column heading.
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</para><para>
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Note that in addition to columns for Name, ID, Gender,
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Birth Date, and Death Date, there is a column labeled
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Status.1 This column reflects the relationship between the
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child and his parents (Birth, Adoption, etc.).
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</para><para>
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As with the other list boxes, the Children list box has
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some associated buttons. Click the left arrow button to
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make the selected Child the Active person. Click the next
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button down to add a new person to the database and to
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make this person a Child of the Active person. Click the
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next button down to select a person from the database and
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to make this person a Child of the Active person. Click
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the lowest button to remove the selected Child from the
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Family (note that this does not remove the Child from the
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database).
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</para>
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<note id="right-click-menu">
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<title>Right Click Menu</title>
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<para>
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Most of the functions described above can also be executed
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by right-clicking your mouse.
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</para>
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</note>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>
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The layout of the Family View can be switched from the
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"left-to-right" arrangement shown in <xref linkend="family-fig"/> to the
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"top-to-bottom" arrangement shown in <xref linkend="family-alt-fig"/>. This is
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done by going to
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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and selecting the <guilabel>Display</guilabel> section of
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the dialog that appears.
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</para>
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<!-- ==== Figure: Family View ==== -->
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<figure id="family-alt-fig">
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<title>Alternative Family View</title>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/family-alt.png" format="PNG" width="500" depth="352" scale="75"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows Alternative Family View.</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="pedigree-view">
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<title>Pedigree View</title>
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<para>
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The Pedigree View displays a family tree of the Active
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person's ancestors. The Pedigree View shows up to five
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generations, depending the size of the window. Each person is
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indicated by a box labeled with his or her name. Two lines
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branch from each box. The top one shows the person's father
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and the bottom one the mother. Solid lines represent birth
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relations, while dashed lines represent non-birth relations
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such as adoption, step-parenthood, guardianship, etc.
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</para>
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<!-- ==== Figure: Pedigree View ==== -->
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<figure id="pedigree-fig">
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<title>Pedigree View</title>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/pedigree.png" format="PNG" width="500" depth="352" scale="75"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows Pedigree View.</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
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<para>
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If you move your mouse over a box, it expands to show birth
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and death dates. If you move your mouse over a line, the line
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gets highlighted, indicating an active link. Double-click the
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line to make the corresponding ancestor the Active
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person. You'll note that the display is updated to show four
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generations beginning with the new Active person.
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</para>
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<!-- ==== Figure: Pedigree View ==== -->
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<figure id="pedigree-child-cut-fig">
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<title>Children Menu</title>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/pedigree-child-cut.png" format="PNG" width="303" depth="195"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows Children Menu in Pedigree View.</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
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<para>
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To the left of the Active Person is a left arrow
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button. Clicking this button expands a list of the Active
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|
Person's children. Selecting one of the children makes that
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child the Active Person.
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</para><para>
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The appearance of the children's names in the menu
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|
differentiates the "dead ends" of the tree from the
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|
continuing branches. Children who have children themselves
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|
appear in the menu in the boldface and italic type, while
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|
children without children ("dead ends") 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
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child will become the Active Person when the arrow button is
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|
clicked.
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</para><para>
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|
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The right-hand side of the window shows two right arrow
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Pedigree View ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<figure id="pedigree-siblings-cut-fig">
|
|
<title>Personal Context Menu</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
|
<imageobject>
|
|
<imagedata fileref="figures/pedigree-siblings-cut.png" format="PNG" width="500" depth="253" scale="75"/>
|
|
</imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Context Menu in Pedigree View.</phrase>
|
|
</textobject>
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>
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|
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|
Right-clicking on any person's box in the Pedigree View will
|
|
bring up the "context menu". Among other useful
|
|
items, the context menu has submenus listing
|
|
<guilabel>Spouses</guilabel>, <guilabel>Siblings</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>Children</guilabel>, and
|
|
<guilabel>Parents</guilabel> of that
|
|
person. "Greyed-out" sub-menus indicate the absence
|
|
of the data in the appropriate category. Similarly to the
|
|
children menu above, Children's and Parents' menus distinguish
|
|
continuing lines from dead ends.
|
|
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Pedigree View ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<figure id="pedigree-anchor-fig">
|
|
<title>Pedigree View with the Anchor</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
|
<imageobject>
|
|
<imagedata fileref="figures/pedigree-anchor.png" format="PNG" width="500" depth="353" scale="75"/>
|
|
</imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Pedigree View with the anchor set.</phrase>
|
|
</textobject>
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
|
|
Pedigree View gives you an additional, advanced way of
|
|
labeling generations. This feature becomes available by
|
|
setting the "anchor" on a selected person. If the
|
|
anchor is set, the generations are labeled as follows:
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The Anchor Person (and his/her generation) is labeled as
|
|
<guilabel>0</guilabel>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The ancestor generations are numbered with positive integers
|
|
(<guilabel>1</guilabel>,<guilabel>2</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>3</guilabel>,etc.).
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The descendant generations are numbered with negative integers
|
|
(<guilabel>-1</guilabel>,<guilabel>-2</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>-3</guilabel>, etc.).
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
In all cases, the number represents the number of
|
|
generations between the labeled generation and the anchor
|
|
person. In this mode, you can travel along the extensive
|
|
pedigree line and see the number of generations removed
|
|
from the Anchor Person.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
|
|
To set the anchor, select the person you want as the Active
|
|
person (recall that you can do so in the Pedigree View by
|
|
clicking the line that leads to the person from his or her
|
|
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.
|
|
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
|
|
person is chosen who is unrelated to the Anchor Person.
|
|
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="sources-view">
|
|
<title>Sources View</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
|
|
Sources View lists the sources of certain information stored
|
|
in the database. These can include various documents (birth,
|
|
death, and marriage certificates, etc.), books, films,
|
|
journals, private diaries, - nearly anything that can
|
|
provide genealogical evidence. GRAMPS gives you the option
|
|
to provide a source for each event you record (births,
|
|
deaths, marriages, etc.). The Source View lists the
|
|
<guilabel>Title</guilabel>, <guilabel>ID</guilabel>, and
|
|
<guilabel>Author</guilabel> of the source, as well as any
|
|
<guilabel>Publication</guilabel> information that may be
|
|
associated with it.
|
|
|
|
</para><para>
|
|
|
|
The list of Sources can be sorted in the usual manner, by
|
|
clicking on a column heading. Clicking once sorts in
|
|
ascending order, clicking again sorts in descending
|
|
order. The <guilabel>Column Editor</guilabel> dialog can be
|
|
used to add, remove and rearrange the displayed columns.
|
|
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Sources View ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<figure id="sources-fig">
|
|
<title>Sources View</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
|
<imageobject>
|
|
<imagedata fileref="figures/sources.png" format="PNG" width="500" depth="353" scale="75"/>
|
|
</imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Sources View.</phrase>
|
|
</textobject>
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="places-view">
|
|
<title>Places View</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
|
|
The Places View lists the geographical places in which the
|
|
events of the database took place. These could be places of
|
|
birth, death, and marriages of people, as well as their
|
|
home, employment, education addresses, or any other
|
|
conceivable reference to the geographical location. The
|
|
Places View lists the places' <guilabel>Name</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>ID</guilabel>, <guilabel>Church Parish</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>City</guilabel>, <guilabel>County</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>State</guilabel>, and
|
|
<guilabel>Country</guilabel>. All of these columns can be
|
|
used for sorting by the usual sorting rules. The
|
|
<guilabel>Column Editor</guilabel> dialog may be used to
|
|
add, remove and rearrange the displayed columns.
|
|
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Places View ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<figure id="places-fig">
|
|
<title>Places View</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
|
<imageobject>
|
|
<imagedata fileref="figures/places.png" format="PNG" width="500" depth="353" scale="75"/>
|
|
</imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Places View.</phrase>
|
|
</textobject>
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="media-view">
|
|
<title>Media View</title>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Media View ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<figure id="media-fig">
|
|
<title>Media View</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
|
<imageobject>
|
|
<imagedata fileref="figures/media.png" format="PNG" width="500" depth="353" scale="75"/>
|
|
</imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Media View.</phrase>
|
|
</textobject>
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
|
|
The Media View is a list of Media Objects used in the
|
|
database. Media Objects are any files that relate somehow
|
|
to the stored genealogical data. Technically, any file can
|
|
be stored as a Media Object. Most frequently, these are
|
|
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
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
</chapter>
|