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<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection --> <!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
<sect3 id="view-modes"> <sect3 id="view-modes">
<title>Viewing Modes: Sidebar versus Tabs</title> <title>Switching Views and Viewing Modes: Sidebar versus Tabs</title>
<para>Depending on the state of the <menuchoice> <para>Depending on the state of the <menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Sidebar</guimenuitem> <guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Sidebar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice> menu item, the View could be switched either in the </menuchoice> menu item, the View could be switched either in the
sidebar or in the notebook tabs in the top part of the window. sidebar or in the notebook tabs in the top part of the window.
To switch the View, click on the desired sidebar icon or the notebook </para>
tab. To switch between sidebar and notebook viewing modes,
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>To switch the View while in a Sidebar mode,
click on the desired sidebar icon.</term>
<listitem>
<!-- ==== Figure: Sidebar Notebook Mode ==== -->
<figure id="side-nofilt-fig">
<title>Sidebar Viewing Mode</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/side-nofilt.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows sidebar viewing mode. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
</listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>To switch the View while in a Notebook mode,
click on the desired notebook tab.</term>
<listitem>
<!-- ==== Figure: Tabbed Notebook Mode ==== -->
<figure id="noside-nofilt-fig">
<title>Tabbed Viewing Mode</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/noside-nofilt.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows tabbed viewing mode. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>To switch between sidebar and notebook viewing modes,
choose <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu> choose <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Sidebar</guimenuitem> <guimenuitem>Sidebar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice> from the <application>&app;</application> menu.</para> </menuchoice> from the <application>&app;</application> menu.</para>
<!-- ==== Figure: Sidebar Notebook Mode ==== -->
<figure id="side-nofilt-fig">
<title>Sidebar Viewing Mode</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/side-nofilt.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows sidebar viewing mode. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
<!-- ==== Figure: Tabbed Notebook Mode ==== -->
<figure id="noside-nofilt-fig">
<title>Tabbed Viewing Mode</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/noside-nofilt.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows tabbed viewing mode. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
</sect3> </sect3>
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etc.) The three buttons are available on the right side of the etc.) The three buttons are available on the right side of the
children list-box. The <guibutton>+</guibutton> children list-box. The <guibutton>+</guibutton>
and <guibutton>+</guibutton> buttons allow to add and remove and <guibutton>+</guibutton> buttons allow to add and remove
children, respectively. Pressing <guibutton><-</guibutton> makes children, respectively. Clicking <guibutton><-</guibutton> makes
the selected child the Active person.</para> the selected child the Active person.</para>
</sect3> </sect3>
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or click <guibutton>Open</guibutton> button on the Toolbar. or click <guibutton>Open</guibutton> button on the Toolbar.
The <guilabel>Open Database</guilabel> dialog will appear. The <guilabel>Open Database</guilabel> dialog will appear.
Either type the full path into the <guilabel>Database</guilabel> text Either type the full path into the <guilabel>Database</guilabel> text
entry field, or press <guibutton>Browse...</guibutton> to get the entry field, or click <guibutton>Browse...</guibutton> to get the
<guilabel>Open File</guilabel> dialog in which you can select the file <guilabel>Open File</guilabel> dialog in which you can select the file
that you want to open. After you have selected the file, click that you want to open. After you have selected the file, click
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> to open it. </para> <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to open it. </para>
@ -797,8 +807,8 @@
<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ --> <!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
<sect2 id="gramps-edit"> <sect2 id="gramps-edit">
<title>Editing</title> <title>Editing Data</title>
<para> Editing of any portion of data allows you to amend and <para> Editing of any portion of data allows you to amend and/or
modify information stored in the database. The available editing modify information stored in the database. The available editing
options include editing personal data, relationship data, data about options include editing personal data, relationship data, data about
children and parents, information about sources, places, and media children and parents, information about sources, places, and media
@ -808,8 +818,150 @@
editing of that empty structure. </para> editing of that empty structure. </para>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ --> <!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-edit-pers"> <sect3 id="gramps-add-pers">
<title>Edit Personal Data</title> <title>To Add a Person</title>
<para> To add a person to the database, switch to the People View
(<xref linkend="view-modes"/>) and then click
<guibutton>Add</guibutton> on the toolbar.
Enter any data you know about this person into the <guilabel>Edit
Person</guilabel> Dialog (see <xref linkend="adv-pers"/>
for details). To edit information about a person already present
in the database, select an entry you would like to view/modify,
and then click <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> on the toolbar. </para>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-spec-rel">
<title>To Specify a Relashionship</title>
<para>To specify a relashionship, first switch to the Family View
(<xref linkend="view-modes"/>). Then click <guibutton>+</guibutton>
button on the right of the spouse box. Select a spouse/partner from the
list and specify their relationship using the menu at the bottom. If
necessary, you can add a person to the list by clicking
<guibutton>Add...</guibutton> button. To edit information about
relationship already present in the database, move the mouse over
<guilabel>Spouse</guilabel> box and double-click.
</para>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-spec-par">
<title>To Specify Parents</title>
<para>To specify parents of an active person, first switch to the
Family View (<xref linkend="view-modes"/>). Then click
<guibutton>+</guibutton> button on the right of the active person's
parents list-box. Select the parents from two lists and specify the
parents' relationships to the active person using menus at the bottom.
You can also specify parents' relationship to each other.
If necessary, you can add a person to the list by clicking
<guibutton>Add...</guibutton> button. </para>
<para> The top and bottom lists contain males and females,
respectively. By default, <application>&app;</application> will
limit both lists to people who could possibly be the parents (jugded
by the date of birth) of the active person. To override this, check
the <guilabel>Show all</guilabel> box for each list.
</para>
<para>To specify parents of the active person's spouse, switch to the
Family View and then click <guibutton>+</guibutton> button on the
right of the spouse's parents list-box. To edit information about
parents already present in the database, move the mouse over
the corresponding parents' box and double-click.</para>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-spec-ch">
<title>To Specify Children</title>
<para>To specify children of an active person, switch to the
Family View (<xref linkend="view-modes"/>) and then
click <guibutton>+</guibutton> button on the
right of the children list-box. Select a child from the list and
specify child's relationship with father and motehr using menus
at the bottom. If necessary, you can add a person to the list by
clicking <guibutton>Add...</guibutton> button.</para>
<para> By default, <application>&app;</application> will
limit the list lists to people who could possibly be the child (jugded
by the date of birth) of the active person. To override this, check
the <guilabel>Show all</guilabel> box.
</para>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-add-img">
<title>To Add Images</title>
<para>You can add images (as well as other media objects) to
individual people, events, sources, places, as well as images
generally related to the database (e.g. group family photos). </para>
<para> To add images related to a single person, switch to the
People View (<xref linkend="view-modes"/>), select a person, and
then click <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> on the toolbar to invoke
the <guilabel>Edit Person</guilabel> Dialog
(<xref linkend="adv-pers"/>). Then, select the
<guilabel>Gallery</guilabel> tab, and click
<guibutton>Add...</guibutton> to invoke <guilabel>Select a media
object</guilabel> dialog. Type filename or select a file with the
image, then provide a title for that image. To prevent the file from
being copied into your database directory, check the <guilabel>Do not
make a local copy</guilabel> box. Keep adding images until you are
done. </para>
<para> To add images related to a relationship (e.g. marriage),
switch to the Family View (<xref linkend="view-modes"/>) and then
double click on the Spouse box invoke <guilabel>Marriage/Relationship
editor</guilabel> dialog. Select the <guilabel>Gallery</guilabel>
tab and click <guibutton>Add...</guibutton> to add an image. </para>
<para> To add images related to a source or a place, first switch to
the Sources View or Places View, respectively
(<xref linkend="view-modes"/>). Then select the appropriate source or
place and then either double click on it or click
<guibutton>Edit</guibutton> on the toolbar to invoke
<guilabel>Source Editor</guilabel> (or <guilabel>Place
Editor</guilabel>) dialog. Select the <guilabel>Gallery</guilabel>
tab and click <guibutton>Add...</guibutton> to add an image. </para>
<para> Finally, to add images that are generally related to the
database but not limited to any person, relationship, source, or place
in particular, switch to the Media View (<xref linkend="view-modes"/>).
Then click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> on the toolbar to add an image.
If you have already added any images to any individual galleries,
you will also find the listed in the Media View. </para>
<para> In any gallery, you can also use <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton>
and <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> buttons to edit image information
and to remove the image reference from that gallery. Note that in all
galleries removing the reference to the image does not remove the image
from the database. To completely remove the image from the database,
delete it from Media View by first selecting it and then
clicking <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> on the toolbar. </para>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-edit-src-plc">
<title>To Edit Sources and Places</title>
<para> To add a source or a place to the database, switch to
the appropriate Sources or Places View (<xref linkend="view-modes"/>).
Then click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> on the toolbar to add a
source/place. Enter the information into the <guilabel>Source
Editor</guilabel> (or <guilabel>Place Editor</guilabel>) dialog.
</para>
<para> To edit information about sources and places already present
in the database, switch to the approrpiate view, select an entry
you would like to view/modify, and then click
<guibutton>Edit</guibutton> on the toolbar.
</para>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="adv-pers">
<title>Advanced: To Edit Personal Information</title>
<para> Editing of personal data can be performed in the <para> Editing of personal data can be performed in the
following ways. </para> following ways. </para>
<variablelist> <variablelist>
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information. You can bring any tab to the top for viewing information. You can bring any tab to the top for viewing
or editing by clicking on the appropriate tab heading. or editing by clicking on the appropriate tab heading.
The bottom part has <guilabel>OK</guilabel> and The bottom part has <guilabel>OK</guilabel> and
<guibutton>Cance</guibutton> buttons. Clicking <guibutton>OK</guibutton> <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> buttons. Clicking <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
at any time will apply all the changes made in all tabs and close the at any time will apply all the changes made in all tabs and close the
dialog window. Clicking <guilabel>Cancel</guilabel> at any time will dialog window. Clicking <guilabel>Cancel</guilabel> at any time will
close the window without applying any changes. If any of the data close the window without applying any changes. If any of the data
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</sect3> </sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ --> <!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-edit-rel"> <sect3 id="adv-rel">
<title>Edit Relationship Data</title> <title>Advanced: To Edit Relationship Data</title>
<para> </para> <para> </para>
</sect3>
<!-- <!--
[ FIXME: STOPPED HERE ] [ FIXME: STOPPED HERE ]
--> -->
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-edit-child">
<title>Edit Children Data</title>
<para> </para>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-edit-parent">
<title>Edit Parental Data</title>
<para> </para>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-edit-sources">
<title>Edit Sources</title>
<para> </para>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-edit-places">
<title>Edit Places</title>
<para> </para>
</sect3>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="gramps-edit-media">
<title>Edit Media Objects</title>
<para> </para>
</sect3>
</sect2> </sect2>
<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ --> <!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
<sect2 id="gramps-nav"> <sect2 id="gramps-nav">
<title>Nevigation</title> <title>Navigation</title>
<para> </para> <para> </para>
<!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ --> <!-- ================ Usage Sub-subsection ================ -->