From d200fcae5f1516a52c78de0e7b82ce0685009b23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Roitman Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 06:18:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Started on Editing svn: r1349 --- doc/gramps-manual/C/gramps.xml | 135 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 126 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/gramps-manual/C/gramps.xml b/doc/gramps-manual/C/gramps.xml index 32eb9fae6..7fcd8cd9a 100644 --- a/doc/gramps-manual/C/gramps.xml +++ b/doc/gramps-manual/C/gramps.xml @@ -746,10 +746,9 @@ Copyright menu. Check Do not include records marked private to disable the output of private records. Check Restrict data on living people - to - + to limit living people's data to family ties. With this option, + information concerning birth, death, addresses, various events, + etc. will be omitted in the exported GEDCOM file. Upon starting the export, &app; will @@ -797,15 +796,133 @@ Editing - - + Editing of any portion of data allows you to amend and + modify information stored in the database. The available editing + options include editing personal data, relationship data, data about + children and parents, information about sources, places, and media + objects used in the database. In short, any data stored in the + database can be edited! Adding new pieces of information is in fact + creating an appropriate empty data structure and subsequent + editing of that empty structure. Edit Personal Data - + Editing of personal data can be performed in the + following ways. + + From People View: + Double-click the name of the person whose data you would like + to edit, or select the name by single click and then click + Edit on the toolbar. + + From Family View: + Move the mouse into the Active person box, + then double-click. + + + + With either method, the following Edit + Person dialog will appear: + + +
+ Edit Person dialog + + + Shows Edit Person dialog. +
+ + + The top of the window shows the name of the person whose + data is being edited. The main part of the window displays nine + notebook tabs containing different categories of available + information. You can bring any tab to the top for viewing + or editing by clicking on the appropriate tab heading. + The bottom part has OK and + Cance buttons. Clicking OK + at any time will apply all the changes made in all tabs and close the + dialog window. Clicking Cancel at any time will + close the window without applying any changes. If any of the data + in any tab was modified, the alert window will appear with the + choices of closing the dialog without saving changes, cancelling the + initial cancel request, or saving the changes. + + + + The tabs provide the following information categories of + personal data: + + + + General + + General tab allows editing of + the most general information about the person. This includes text + entry fields of Given name, + Family name, Family prefix + (such as de or van), Suffix (e.g. Jr. or III), + Title (e.g. Dr. or Rev.), + Nickname (Bob for Robert), + Type of the name (birth name, married name, etc.) + and Date and Place of birth + and death. Some of these (Family name, + Type, and both Place fileds), + in addition to typing the data in, allow to choose the corresponding + contents from the drop-down menus by clicking on a down-arrow button + located immediately to the right of the text entry field. The + available menu choices are formed from the information already stored + in the database. Also, when you start to type within these fields, + &app; will try to guess the remainder of + the text by using the same choices that are available from the + corresponding menu. To accept the highlighted guess and move to + the next field, press Tab. + + + The Gender radio buttons offers + the choice of person's gender between male, + female, and unknown. + The buttons Source... and + Note... allow to add or modify the data about + the sources of the name information and any notes relevant to it. + Similarly, clicking Edit.. buttons located by the + birth and death Date fields allows to edit the + corresponding events of birth and death. + The field ID displays internal + &app; ID number which identifies user in the + databse. Finally, the Image area shows the first + image available in the Gallery of this person. + + + + + + Names + + Names tab shows information concerning + alternate names of the person and the controls allowing its + modification. The bottom part displays the list of all alternate names + of the person stored in the database. The top part shows the details + of the currently selected name in the list (if any). The buttons + Add..., Edit..., + and Delete allow to correspondingly add, + modify, and remove an alternate name record from the database. + The two latter buttons become available only when an alternate name + is selected from the list. + + + + + + +