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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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(at your option) any later version.
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This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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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 brand 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"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>
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Shows GRAMPS main window. Contains titlebar, menubar,
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toolbar, sidebar, display area, statusbar, progressbar, and
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scrollbars. Menubar contains File, Edit, View, Go, Bookmarks,
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Reports, Tools, Settings, and Help menus.
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</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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The &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 features
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of &app; through its menus.
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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 immediately below the menubar. The
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toolbar provides access to the most frequently used
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functions of &app;. The appearance of the toolbar can be
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adjusted in the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog.
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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>Progressbar</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The progressbar 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.
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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>Statusbar</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The statusbar is located to the right of the progressbar, 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 menu items. The behavior of the
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statusbar can be adjusted in
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<guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog.
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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. It shows certain aspects of genealogical
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information, depending on the currently selected View. The
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following six Views are available in &app;:
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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>
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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>
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Views are the various ways to display different aspects of
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genealogical information, as described below. Since the relevant
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information is very broad and non-uniform in both context and
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modality, it is best to split its display into smaller
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categories, uniform in context and modality. Each View
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represents such a split and displays a certain portion of
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overall available information. Before the detailed description
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of available Views, let us guide you through the ways of
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switching between the Views.
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</para>
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<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
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<sect2 id="view-modes">
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<title>Switching Views and Viewing Modes</title>
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<para>
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Depending on the state of the <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Sidebar</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> menu item, the View could be switched either in
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the sidebar or in the notebook tabs in the top part of the
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window.
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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To switch the View while in a Sidebar mode,
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click on the desired sidebar icon.
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</term>
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<listitem>
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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"/>
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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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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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To switch the View while in a Tabbed mode,
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click on the desired notebook tab.
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<!-- ==== Figure: Tabbed Notebook Mode ==== -->
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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"/>
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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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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>
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To switch between sidebar and tabbed viewing modes, choose
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<menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Sidebar</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> from the
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&app; menu.
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</para>
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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, the View is set to the
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People View (<xref linkend="side-nofilt-fig"/> and <xref
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linkend="noside-nofilt-fig"/>). The People View lists
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individuals whose data is stored in the database.
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</para>
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<para>
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The individuals are arranged in a tree-like structure,
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according to their family names. Every family name is a node
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of the tree. Clicking the arrow on the left of the node will
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toggle its expansion state. When expanded, the node's content
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is listed in the window. When collapsed, the contents is
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rolled up and not visible. However, all the data is still
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intact, it is just not being displayed.
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</para>
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<para>
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The People View in its default state displays people's
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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>. The list can be ordered by any field.
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</para>
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<tip id="columns-tip">
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<title>Order list by selected column</title>
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<para>
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To order list by the Birth date, click on the
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<guilabel>Birth date</guilabel> column heading. To order
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list in reverse (descending) order, click one more time on
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the desired column heading.
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</para>
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</tip>
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<para>
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The columns of the view may be added, removed, or reordered in
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a <guilabel>Column Editor Dialog</guilabel>, see <xref
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linkend="column-editor-fig"/>. Only checked columns will be
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shown in the view. To change their order, drag any column to
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its desired place inside the editor. Clicking
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<guibutton>OK</guibutton> will reflect the changes in the
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People View. To invoke <guilabel>Column Editor
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Dialog</guilabel>, choose
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Column
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Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
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</para>
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<tip id="columns-tip2">
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<title>Other Views</title>
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<para>
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The <guilabel>Column Editor</guilabel> is available and
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works in the same way for all list views, not only People
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View.
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</para>
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</tip>
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<!-- ==== Figure: Enabled Filter ==== -->
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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"/>
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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 may contain huge numbers of people.
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Since the long lists are hard for humans to handle, &app;
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provides a convenient way to limit the scope of browsing by
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using the filter. To save screen space, filter controls may
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be hidden, depending on the state of <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> menu item.
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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"/>
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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, the filter is set to the
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trivial filter called <guilabel>All people</guilabel>,
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i.e. no filtering is in effect. To choose a filter, use the
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pop-up <guilabel>Filter</guilabel> menu above the people's
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list. Once the filter is chosen, click the
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<guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button in the upper right
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corner of the window. The filtering will take effect upon
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clicking the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button.
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</para>
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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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<note id="filt-note">
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<title>Filtering is persistent</title>
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<para>
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Even if the filter controls are not displayed
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(<menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> menu
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item is unchecked), the filtering might still be in
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place. In other words, the visibility of the filter
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controls is not related to the actual filtering imposed
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on the list.
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</para>
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<para>
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This may be a cause of confusion, when you enable the
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filtering and then remove the controls from the
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display. If in doubt, enable the display of filter
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controls by checking <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>View</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> menu
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item and check what kind of filtering is currently set.
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</para>
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</note>
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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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Family View displays the family information of a currently
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selected (or Active) person. Specifically, this view shows
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the relationships (e.g marriages, partnerships, etc.) of the
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active person, his/her parents (or step parents, or
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guardians, etc), and his/her children (could be step
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children, adopted children, etc.).
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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"/>
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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 Active person's data is in the list box in the upper
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left corner of the window. Directly below it, another box
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lists the Spouse's data, for each relationship of Active
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person (can be more than one). The double-arrow button to
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the right of the Active person list box allows you to
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exchange the currently selected spouse (Current spouse) with
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the Active person. Double-clicking on the Active person
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allows the editing of Active person's data. Double-clicking
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on the Current spouse allows you to edit their relationship
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information. Shift-clicking on the Current spouse allows the
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editing of the Current spouse's data.
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</para>
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<para>
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To add a new relationship, use one of the two upper buttons
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to the right of the spouse box. Click the top one to add a
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new person to a database and to the new relationship. Click
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the middle one to add a person already existing in the
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database to the new relationship. To remove Current spouse,
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click the lowest button (<guibutton>-</guibutton>) to the
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right of the spouse box. Note that removing a spouse from
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the relationship does not remove the person from the
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database. Most of these functions are also available by
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right-clicking into the spouse box and selecting an
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appropriate item from the context menu.
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</para>
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<para>
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The parents of both the Active person and the Current spouse
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are listed in the corresponding list boxes in the right-hand
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part of the window (Active person's parents on top, Current
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spouse parents on the bottom). Both list boxes have a set of
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three buttons on their right side. The
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<guibutton>+</guibutton> and <guibutton>-</guibutton>
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buttons allow you to add and remove parents of the Active
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person and the Current spouse, respectively. Clicking the
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right arrow button makes the family in the corresponding
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list box an active family. That is, it makes the selected
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Father the Active person, and the selected Mother the
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Current spouse. Most of these functions are also available
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by right-clicking into the parent box and selecting an
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appropriate item from the context menu.
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</para>
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<para>
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The bottom list box displays children of the Active person
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and the Current Spouse. The Children's list can be ordered
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by the Birth date in the usual way of clicking on the
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<guilabel>Birth date</guilabel> column header. In addition
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to the <guilabel>Name</guilabel>, <guilabel>ID</guilabel>,
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<guilabel>Gender</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Birth
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date</guilabel> columns, the list includes a
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<guilabel>Status</guilabel> column. The pair of status words
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reflect the relationship between the child and his
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Father/Mother (such as Birth, Adoption,
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etc.). <guilabel>Column Editor Dialog</guilabel> can be used
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to change column arrangement. Four buttons are available on
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the right side of the children list box. The top (left
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arrow) button makes the selected child the Active
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person. The next two buttons add a new child to the family:
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the upper one adds a new person to the database and to the
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family, the lower one just adds a person existing in the
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database to the family. Finally, the lowest
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<guibutton>-</guibutton> button removes the selected child
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from the family. Note that removing a child from the family
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does not remove the person from the database. Most of these
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functions are also available by right-clicking into the
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children box and selecting an appropriate item from the
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context menu.
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</para>
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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 above) to the top-to-bottom
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arrangement (shown below). This can be done in the
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<guilabel>Display</guilabel> section of the
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<guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog. The top-to-bottom
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view has the same functionality as the left-to-right view.
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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><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
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fileref="figures/family-alt.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows Alternative Family View. </phrase>
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</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
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<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
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</sect2>
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<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
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<sect2 id="pedigree-view">
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<title>Pedigree View</title>
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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"/>
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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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<para>The Pedigree View helps to visualize the place of the Active
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person in the tree of his/her ancestors. The Pedigree View shows four
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generations, going back in time from the Active person
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<guilabel>1</guilabel> to his/her parents <guilabel>2</guilabel>,
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to grandparents <guilabel>3</guilabel>, to great-grandparents
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<guilabel>4</guilabel>.
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Each person is denoted by a box bearing the person's name.
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The two lines that converge on the box represent ties with the
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person's Father (top line) and mother (bottom line). Solid lines
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represent birth relations, while dashed lines represent non-birth
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relations (such as adoption, step-parenthood, guardianship, etc.).
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When the mouse moves over the white box, it expands to display the
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corresponding person's dates of birth and death. When the mouse is
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placed over the family line, the line becomes highlighted to indicate
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an active link: double-clicking on the line makes the corresponding
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ancestor the Active person. The display in that case is re-adjusted
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to show four generations, starting from the newly selected Active
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person. </para>
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<figure id="pedigree-child-cut-fig">
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<title>Children Menu</title>
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<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
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fileref="figures/pedigree-child-cut.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows Children Menu in Pedigree View. </phrase>
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</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
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<para>The left-hand side of the window shows the left arrow button.
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Upon clicking, the button expands to the menu listing the children
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of the Active person. Selecting the menu item makes the corresponding
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child the Active person. The appearance of the children's names
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in the menu serves to differentiate the "dead ends" of the tree from
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the continuing branches as follows. The children who have children
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appear in the menu in the boldface and italic typeset, while the
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children without children ("dead ends") appear in a regular
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font. If the Active person has a single child, no menu will be
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displayed (since there is no choice) and the child will become
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the Active person upon clicking the arrow button. </para>
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<para>The right-hand side of the window shows two right arrow buttons.
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When the top button is clicked, the Father of the Active person
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becomes the Active person. Clicking the bottom button makes the Mother of
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the Active person the Active person. Again, the display is re-adjusted
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to show four generations, starting from the newly selected Active
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person.</para>
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<figure id="pedigree-siblings-cut-fig">
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<title>Personal Context Menu</title>
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<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
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fileref="figures/pedigree-siblings-cut.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows Context Menu in Pedigree View. </phrase>
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</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
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<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
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<para>
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Right-clicking on any person's box in the Pedigree View will bring up the
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context menu. Among other useful items, the context menu has submenus
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listing <guilabel>Spouses</guilabel>, <guilabel>Siblings</guilabel>,
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<guilabel>Children</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Parents</guilabel>
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of that person. Insensitive (grayed out) submenus indicate the absence
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of the data in the appropriate category. Similarly to the children menu above,
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children's and parents' menus distinguish continuing lines from dead ends.
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</para>
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<figure id="pedigree-anchor-fig">
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<title>Pedigree View with the Anchor</title>
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<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
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fileref="figures/pedigree-anchor.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows Pedigree View with the anchor set. </phrase>
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</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
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<para>An additional advanced scheme of labeling generations exists in
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Pedigree View. It becomes available by setting the anchor on some active
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person. If the anchor is set, the generations are labeled as follows.
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The anchor
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person (and his/her generation) is labeled as <guilabel>0</guilabel>.
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The ancestor generations are numbered with positive integers
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(<guilabel>1</guilabel>, <guilabel>2</guilabel>, <guilabel>3</guilabel>,
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etc.) while the descendant generations are numbered with negative integers
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(<guilabel>-1</guilabel>, <guilabel>-2</guilabel>, <guilabel>-3</guilabel>,
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etc.). In all cases, the number represents the number of generations
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between the labeled generation and the anchor person. In this mode,
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you can travel along the extensive pedigree line and see the number
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of generations counting from the anchor person.</para>
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<para>To set the anchor, select the <guilabel>Set anchor</guilabel> menu
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item from the right-click context menu, when the desired person is the
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Active person in the Pedigree View. The labels will change immediately,
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and the name of the anchor person will appear at the lower left corner
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of the display area.
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The set anchor person will stay in effect until either the anchor is
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removed (by selecting the <guilabel>Remove anchor</guilabel> item from the
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context menu), or until the active person chosen is unrelated to the anchor
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person. The latter move can be made using extensive navigation tools
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available in &app;, see <xref linkend="gramps-nav"/> for the detailed
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reference.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
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<sect2 id="sources-view">
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<title>Sources View</title>
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<!-- ==== Figure: Sources View ==== -->
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|
<figure id="sources-fig">
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<title>Sources View</title>
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|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/sources.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
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|
<phrase>Shows Sources View. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
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<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
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<para>The Sources View lists the sources of information stored in the
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|
database. This can include various documents (birth, death, and
|
|
marriage certificates, etc.), books, films, journals, private diaries,
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i.e. virtually anything that can be classified as a source of
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|
information. The sources can be used as a reference for any event
|
|
stored in the database. The Source View lists the
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|
<guilabel>Title</guilabel>, <guilabel>ID</guilabel>, and the
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|
<guilabel>Author</guilabel> of the source. Any column can be
|
|
used for sorting the list. The usual rules apply: one click for
|
|
ascending order, another click for descending order.
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|
<guilabel>Column Editor Dialog</guilabel> may be used to rearrange
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|
the displayed columns.</para>
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|
</sect2>
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|
|
|
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
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|
<sect2 id="places-view">
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|
<title>Places View</title>
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|
|
<!-- ==== Figure: Places View ==== -->
|
|
<figure id="places-fig">
|
|
<title>Places View</title>
|
|
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
|
|
fileref="figures/places.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Shows Places View. </phrase>
|
|
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
|
|
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
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|
|
|
<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.
|
|
<guilabel>Column Editor Dialog</guilabel> may be used to rearrange
|
|
the displayed columns.</para>
|
|
</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"/></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>
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