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<preface id="gramps-preface">
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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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<title>Preface</title>
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<para> &app; is a genealogical
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application. &app; is an acronym for the
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Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System. To put
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it shortly, it allows you to store, edit, and research genealogical data
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using your computer. Its functionality is somewhat common to other
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genealogical programs. However, &app; offers some unique features. </para>
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<sect1 id="why-gramps">
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<title>Why GRAMPS?</title>
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<para> &app; was conceived under the concept
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that most genealogy programs were designed to provide the researcher the
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capability to input information related to a particular family tree.
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Most of these programs have allowed for the arranging and storing of
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information consistent with the GEDCOM standards. They usually provide
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means for displaying descendant or ancestral relationships by means of
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graphical displays, charts, or reports. These may be augmented with
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pictures or other media to enhance the data. Most provide for inputting
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data on unconnected individuals/families that may or may not have a
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relationship to the primary surname being researched. Various other
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enhancements may also be provided in the genealogical program that
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allows for different degrees of importing and exporting data from other
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programs and printing the data contained in the various reports. </para>
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<para> &app;, on the other hand, attempts to
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provide all of the common capabilities of these programs, but, more
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importantly, to provide an additional capability of integration not common
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to these programs. This is the ability to input any bits and pieces of
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information directly into &app; and
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rearrange/manipulate any/all data events in the entire data base (in any
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order or sequence) to assist the user in doing research, analysis and
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correlation with the potential of filling relationship gaps. In short, it
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is a tool that provides a way to input all your research into one place and
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do your analysis and correlation using the speed, power, and accuracy of
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your computer instead of pencils and unmanageable reams of paper. </para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="whats-new">
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="typography">
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<title>Typographical conventions</title>
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<para>
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In this book, we some words are marked with special typography:
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<simplelist>
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<member><application>Applications</application></member>
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<member><command>Commands</command> you type at the command
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line</member>
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<member><filename>Filenames</filename></member>
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<member><replaceable>Replaceable text</replaceable></member>
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<member><guilabel>Labels</guilabel> for buttons and other
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portions of the graphical interface</member>
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<member> Menu selections look like this:
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Menu</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>Submenu</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Menu Item</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</member>
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<member><guibutton>Buttons</guibutton> you can
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click</member>
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<member><userinput>Anything you type
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in</userinput></member>
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</simplelist>
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</para>
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<para>
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We also provide assorted bits of additional information in tips
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and notes, as follows.
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<tip id="example-tip">
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<title>Tip</title>
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<para>
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Tips and bits of extra information will look like
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this.
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</para>
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</tip>
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<note id="example-note">
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<title>Note</title>
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<para>
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Notes will look like this.
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</para>
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</note>
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</para>
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<para>
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Finally, we have warnings, in cases where you should be careful:
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<warning id="example-warning">
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<title>Example Warning</title>
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<para>
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This is what a warning looks like. If there's a chance
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you'll run into trouble, we'll warn you beforehand.
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</para>
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</warning>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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</preface>
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