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>Family View</A
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> The Family View window displays the spouses, parents, and children
of the active person. At any time, you can return to this view
either by pressing the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Family</B
> button at the
top of the screen, or by choosing the
<B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>View</B
>-&gt;<B
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>Family View</B
>
entry from the menus.
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><B
>Figure 15. Family View</B
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> In the Family View, the family information related to the active
person is displayed. This information falls into two categories:
families in which the person is a child, and families in which the
person is a spouse or parent.
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><A
NAME="AP_PARENTS"
>Relationships to Parents</A
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> On the right hand side of the window displays the parents of the
active person. By default, a birth relationship is
assumed. <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GRAMPS</TT
> supports multiple
family relationships for each person. For example, a person may
have natural birth parents and adopted parents. In this case, an
option menu will appear below the parents names, allowing you to
choose which set of parents you wish to view.
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><P
>
Pressing the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Add/Edit Parents</B
>
allows you to choose the active person's parents and specify the
person's relationship to the parents.
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><P
> Pressing the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Delete Parents</B
> does not
remove the parents from the database, but instead deletes the
relationship between the active person and the currently displayed
parents.
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><P
> To right of the names of the parents are two "arrow"
buttons. Selecting the button next to the father changes the
father to the active person, and displays the fathers
information in the Family View window. Similarly, selecting the
button next to the mother changes the mother to the active
person.
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><P
> To the left of the parents' names are buttons indicating the
relationship to the active person. These are typically labeled
"Father" and "Mother", but in some cases may simply be labeled
"Parent". Pressing one of these buttons will display the
<SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Edit Person</SPAN
> for the corresponding person.
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><A
NAME="SP_RELATIONSHIPS"
>Marriage/Relationship Information</A
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> On the left side of the window, below the active person's name,
is the information related to the person's marriages and
relationships. If the person has one or no relationships, the
spouse will appear within a non-editable text box. If more than
one relationship exists, the text box will be replaced with an
option menu that allows you to select the relationship to view.
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><P
> Between the active person and the relationship information is a
button with two arrows. Pressing this button will exchange the
active person and spouse on the display. The currently displayed
spouse will become the active person, and the family information
on the right hand side of the screen will change to reflect
this.
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><P
> Pressing the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Spouse</B
> next to the spouse's
name will display the currently displayed spouse's information
in an <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Edit Person</SPAN
> dialog, allowing you
change the information
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><P
> Pressing the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Add</B
> located below the entry
for the spouse's name allows a new relationship to be
added. This gives you the opportunity to select and existing
person or to add a new person as the new spouse. The type of
relationship can also be specified. All relationship types,
except "Partners" require that the spouses be of opposite
sex. The "Partners" relationship type requires that the spouses
be of the same sex.
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><P
> Pressing the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Edit</B
> button allows you to
edit the information related to the marriage. The information
includes events, attributes, and images.
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><P
> The <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Remove</B
> button removes the current
spouse from the relationship. If no children exist in the
relationship, the entire relationship is removed. If children
exist in the relationship, the current spouse is removed,
and the children remain in a family with the active person as the
only parent.
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><A
NAME="SP_CHILDREN"
>Children of a Relationship</A
></H2
><P
> The bottom of the window contains the list of children related
to the active person and the currently selected spouse. Clicking
on an entry in the list makes that child the active child.
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><P
> Clicking the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Add New Child</B
> creates a new
child and adds him or her as a child of the current
relationship. Clicking the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Add Existing
Child</B
> allows you to select an existing person and
assign the person as a child of the current
relationship. Clicking the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Remove Child</B
>
removes the active child from the current relationship, but does
not delete the person from the database.
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><P
> Double clicking on an entry in the list brings up the
<SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Edit Person</SPAN
> dialog for the child.
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><P
> You are able to make the selected child the active person by
clicking the arrow button next to the child list. The
highlighted child in the child list becomes the active person.
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