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2003-07-09 Donald Peterson <dpeterson@sigmaxi.org>
* doc/gramps-manual/C/gramps-manual.xml: More corrections.
2003-07-09 Alex Roitman <shura@alex.neuro.umn.edu>
* doc/gramps-manual/C/gramps-manual.xml: Straighten up versioning.
* doc/gramps-manual/C/gramps-manual-C.omf: Update version and date.

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</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>Open example database</term>
<listitem><para> Select this item to load an example database shipped
<listitem><para> Select this item to load the example database shipped
with &app;. This database is composed of fictitious people and serves as
a useful example when learning how to work with &app;. </para></listitem>
a useful example for learning how to work with &app;. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
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fileref="figures/mainwin.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows &app; main window. Contains titlebar, menubar,
toolbar, sidebar, display area, statusbar, progress bar, and
toolbar, sidebar, display area, statusbar, progressbar, and
scrollbars. Menubar contains File, Edit, View, Bookmarks,
Reports, Tools, Settings, and Help menus. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
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<para>The &app; window contains the following elements: </para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>Menubar</term>
<listitem><para>The menubar provides access to all features of
<listitem><para>The menubar is located at the very top of the window
(right below the window title) and provides access to all features of
<application>&app;</application> through its menus.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>Toolbar</term>
<listitem><para> The toolbar provides access to the most frequently
used functions of <application>&app;</application>. The appearance of
the toolbar can be adjusted in the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel>
<listitem><para> The toolbar is located immediately below the menubar.
The toolbar provides access to the most frequently used functions
of <application>&app;</application>. The appearance of the toolbar
can be adjusted in the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel>
dialog. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>Progress bar</term>
<listitem><para>The progress bar is located in the lower left corner
<varlistentry><term>Progressbar</term>
<listitem><para>The progressbar is located in the lower left corner
of the &app; window. It displays the
progress of time consuming operations, such as opening and saving
large data bases, importing and exporting to other formats, generating
web sites, etc. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>Statusbar</term>
<listitem><para>The statusbar is located to the right of the progress
bar, on the very bottom of the &app; window.
<listitem><para>The statusbar is located to the right of the
progressbar, on the very bottom of the &app; window.
It displays information about current <application>&app;</application>
activity and contextual information about the menu items.
The behavior of the Status line can be adjusted in
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<title>People View</title>
<para>When <application>&app;</application> opens a database,
the View is set to the People View (<xref linkend="side-nofilt-fig"/>
and <xref linkend="noside-nofilt-fig"/>). People View lists individuals
whose data is stored in the database. People View displays people's
<guilabel>Names</guilabel>, &app; <guilabel>ID</guilabel> numbers,
<guilabel>Gender</guilabel>, and
and <xref linkend="noside-nofilt-fig"/>). The People View lists
individuals whose data is stored in the database. The People View
displays people's <guilabel>Names</guilabel>,
&app; <guilabel>ID</guilabel> numbers,
<guilabel>Gender</guilabel>, and
their <guilabel>Birth</guilabel> and <guilabel>Death dates</guilabel>.
The list can be ordered by any field.</para>
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<para>Genealogical databases may contain huge numbers of people.
Since the long lists are hard for humans to handle,
<application>&app;</application> provides a convenient way to limit
the scope of browsing by using the Filter. To save screen space,
Filter controls may be hidden, depending on the state of
the scope of browsing by using the filter. To save screen space,
filter controls may be hidden, depending on the state of
<menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> menu item.</para>
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<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
<para>When <application>&app;</application> opens a database, the
Filter is set to the trivial filter called <guilabel>All
filter is set to the trivial filter called <guilabel>All
people</guilabel>, i.e. no filtering is in effect. To choose a
filter, use the pop-up <guilabel>Filter</guilabel> menu above the
people's list. Once the Filter is chosen, click
people's list. Once the filter is chosen, click
<guibutton>Apply</guibutton> in the upper right corner of the
window. The filtering will take effect upon clicking
<guibutton>Apply</guibutton>. To invert the filtering rule, check
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the filter to <guilabel>All people</guilabel>
and then click <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>. </para>
<para>Note: even if the Filter controls are not displayed
<para>Note: even if the filter controls are not displayed
(<menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> menu item is
unchecked), the filtering might still be in place. In other words,
the visibility of the Filter controls is not related to the actual
the visibility of the filter controls is not related to the actual
filtering imposed on the list. This may be a cause of confusion, when
you enable the filtering and then remove the controls from the
display. If in doubt, enable the display of Filter controls by
display. If in doubt, enable the display of filter controls by
checking <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> menu item and check
what kind of filtering is currently set.</para>
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<para><application>&app;</application> offers another way of
managing long lists of people -- alphabetical tabs. Upon loading a
database, <application>&app;</application> checks for the stored
Family names and breaks the people list into sublists based on the
family names and breaks the people list into sublists based on the
first letter of their name. The alphabetical tabs are displayed in
the bottom part of the &app; window.
The last tab, <guilabel>Other</guilabel>, stands for unidentified
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<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
<sect3 id="family-view">
<title>Family View</title>
<para>Family View displays the Family information of a currently
<para>Family View displays the family information of a currently
selected (or Active) person. Specifically, this view shows the
relationships (e.g marriages, partnerships, etc.) of the active
person, his/her parents (or step parents, or guardians, etc), and
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</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
<para>The Active person's data is in the list-box in the upper left
<para>The Active person's data is in the list box in the upper left
corner of the window. Directly below it, another box lists the Spouse's
data, for each relationship of Active person (can be more than one).
The double-arrow button to the right of the Active person list-box
The double-arrow button to the right of the Active person list box
allows you to exchange the currently selected spouse (Current spouse)
with the Active person. Double-clicking on the Active person allows the
editing of Active person's data. Double-clicking on the Current spouse
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relationship does not remove the person from the database. </para>
<para>The parents of both the Active person and the Current spouse
are listed in the corresponding list-boxes in the right-hand part of
are listed in the corresponding list boxes in the right-hand part of
the window (Active person's parents on top, Current spouse parents
on the bottom). Both list-boxes have a set of three buttons on their
on the bottom). Both list boxes have a set of three buttons on their
right side. The <guibutton>+</guibutton> and <guibutton>-</guibutton>
buttons allow you to add and remove parents of the Active person and the
Current spouse, respectively. Clicking <guibutton>-></guibutton>
makes the family in the corresponding list-box an active family.
makes the family in the corresponding list box an active family.
That is, it makes the selected Father the Active person, and the
selected Mother the Current spouse. </para>
<para>The bottom list-box displays children of the Active person and
the Current Spouse. The Children's list can be order by the Birth date,
by the usual way of clicking on the <guilabel>Birth date</guilabel> column
<para>The bottom list box displays children of the Active person and
the Current Spouse. The Children's list can be ordered by the Birth date
in the usual way of clicking on the <guilabel>Birth date</guilabel> column
header. In addition to the <guilabel>Name</guilabel>,
<guilabel>ID</guilabel>, <guilabel>Gender</guilabel>, and
<guilabel>Birth date</guilabel> columns, the list includes a
<guilabel>Status</guilabel> column. The pair of status words reflect the
relationship between the child and his Father/Mother (such as Birth, Adoption,
etc.) Four buttons are available on the right side of the
children list-box. The top (left arrow) button makes
children list box. The top (left arrow) button makes
the selected child the Active person. The next two buttons add a new
child to the family: the upper one adds a new person to the database
and to the family, the lower one just adds a person existing in the
database to the family. Finally, the lowest <guibutton>-</guibutton>
button removes of the selected child from the family. Note that removing
button removes the selected child from the family. Note that removing
a child from the family does not remove the person from the database.</para>
</sect3>
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placed over the family line, the line changes color to indicate an
active link: double-clicking on the line makes the corresponding
ancestor the Active person. The display in that case is re-adjusted
to show four generations, starting from a newly selected Active
to show four generations, starting from the newly selected Active
person. </para>
<para>The left-hand side of the window shows the left arrow button.
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database. This can include various documents (birth, death, and
marriage certificates, etc.), books, films, journals, private diaries,
i.e. virtually anything that can be classified as a source of
information. The sources can be used as the reference for any event
information. The sources can be used as a reference for any event
stored in the database. The Source View lists the
<guilabel>Title</guilabel>, <guilabel>ID</guilabel>, and the
<guilabel>Author</guilabel> of the source. All the columns can be
<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.</para>
</sect3>
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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 Name, ID, Type, and
files, etc. The list box on the bottom lists the Name, ID, Type, and
Path to the Media Object. The top part of the GRAMPS window shows
a preview (if available) and information about the Media
Object. </para>
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<application>&app;</application> you can retrieve your past selections
from the drop-down menu by clicking the down arrow button. Finally, if
the Revision Control System (RCS) is enabled in the
<guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog, the check-box
<guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog, the check box
<guilabel>Revert to an older version from RCS</guilabel>
will be available. Check it to revert your database to an older RCS
version. </para>
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<guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or click
<guibutton>Save</guibutton> on the Toolbar. The Status line will then
display the <guilabel>Saving <replaceable>filename</replaceable>...</guilabel>
message, and the progress bar will advance as the saving progresses.</para>
message, and the progressbar will advance as the saving progresses.</para>
</sect2>
<!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
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<para>Upon starting the &app; database or &app; package import,
<application>&app;</application> will display the progress in the
progress bar of its main window.</para>
progressbar of its main window.</para>
<para>If a media file is not found during import, the following dialog
will prompt you for the possible actions:</para>
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</para>
<para>Upon starting the export, <application>&app;</application> will
display the following GEDCOM export progress window with the progress
bars reflecting the current state of exporting. </para>
display the following GEDCOM export progress window with the
progressbars reflecting the current state of exporting. </para>
<!-- ==== Figure: GEDCOM Export ==== -->
<figure id="gedcom-export-progress-fig">
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<para>To specify parents of an active person, first switch to the
Family View (<xref linkend="family-fig"/>). Then click the
<guibutton>+</guibutton> button on the right of the active person's
parents list-box. Select the parents from two lists and specify the
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 the
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<para>To specify parents of the active person's spouse, switch to the
Family View and then click the <guibutton>+</guibutton> button on the
right of the spouse's parents list-box. To edit information about
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>
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<para>To specify children of an active person, switch to the
Family View (<xref linkend="family-fig"/>) and then
click the <guibutton>+</guibutton> button on the
right of the children list-box. Select a child from the list and
right of the children list box. Select a child from the list and
specify the child's relationship with father and mother using menus
at the bottom. If necessary, you can add a person to the list by
clicking the <guibutton>Add...</guibutton> button.</para>
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<!-- =============== Customization Sub-subsection ================ -->
<sect3 id="prefs-display-bars">
<title>Tool and Status Bars</title>
<title>Toolbar and Statusbar</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Toolbar</guilabel></term>