GRAMPS. < < [Return] < Sidebar menu item, the Views could be changed either in the Sidebar (Figure 2. Sidebar, no filter) or in the Notebook Tabs in the top part of the window (Figure 3. no sidebar, no filter). To switch the View, click on the desired Sidebar icon or the Notebook tab. To Switch between Sidebar and Notebook interfaces, choose View->Sidebar from the GRAMPS menu. < < Filter menu item. When GRAMPS opens a database, the Filter is set to the trivial filter called "All people", i.e. no filtering is in effect. To choose a filter, use a pop-up Filter menu above the people's list (Figure 4, sidebar, filter). Once the Filter is chosen, press apply button in the upper right corner of the window. The filtering will take effect upon pressing Apply. To invert the filtering rule, check the Invert check-box on the left of Apply button. Example: To show people without children, choose "People with children" Filter, then check Invert check-box, and then press Apply button. To cancel any filtering, set the Filter to "All People" and then press Apply button. Note: even if the Filter controls are not displayed (View->Edit 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 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 checking View->Edit menu item) and check what kind of filtering is currently set. < < < " button makes the family in the corresponding list-box and active family. That is, it makes the selected Father the Active person, and the selected Mother the Current spouse. The bottom list-box displays children of the Active person and the Current Spouse. Children's list can be order by the Birth date, by usual way of clicking on the Birth date column header. In addition to the Name, ID, Gender, and Birth date columns, the list includes Status column. The pair of status words reflect the relationship between the child and his Father/Mother (such as Birth, Adoption, etc.) The three buttons are available on the right side of the children list-box. The "+" and "-" buttons allow to add and remove children, respectively. Pressing the left arrow button "<-" makes the selected child the Active person. < < Open menu item or click on the Open button on the Toolbar. You will then be prompted with the following window (Figure X) asking to specify the name of the database. Either type the full path into the text entry field, or press Browse... button to get to the graphical file selector dialog. If you previously opened files with GRAMPS, you can retreive your past selections from the drop-down menu by pressing the down arrow button. Finally, if the Revision Control System (RCS) is enabled in the Preferences dialog, the check-box prompting to revert the database to an older version from RCS will be available. Check it to revert your database to an older RCS version. Note: the name you type or select should be the directory (folder) which has your data (data.gramps or data.zodb files) as well as any possible copies of Media Objects. < New menu item. You will then be prompted with the File Save dialog asking to specify the name under which the new database will be stored. Choose an empty directory for your new database (create one if necessary). < Save menu item or click on the Save button on the Toolbar. The Status line will then display "Saving ..." message, and the Progress bar will advance as the saving progresses. < Import->GEDCOM menu item. You will then be prompted with the Open File dialog asking to specify the GEDCOM file name. Upon starting the import, GRAMPS will display the following GEDCOM import dialog (Figure Y) with the summary of the information about the data. The information is updated as the import progresses. <