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- SETUP INFORMATION
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- FILE NAME FOR DATA FILES
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- The first entry on the setup screen is the base name of the
- files that will hold your information. I suggest that you
- use a family surname such as SMITH or JONES. This name can-
- not exceed 8 characters so you may need to abbreviate or use
- another file name such as FAMILY or TREE. If you are using a
- floppy disk based system you should use the A drive for the
- program disks and the B drive for your data disks. In this
- case you must specify the file name as B:SMITH or B:JONES,
- etc. You may also want to keep your data files in a dif-
- ferent directory on your hard drive. This may be entered as
- C:\FAMILY\DATA\FILES\SMITH, etc.
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- Included in this release of FTJ are SAMPLE data files for
- the family of Thomas Wolfe, author of "Look Homeward,
- Angel", a fictional work whose characters were drawn
- primarily from Mr. Wolfe's family. The information was
- provided by John Gordon, a member of the Thomas Wolfe
- Society. Mr. Gordon has presented a very thorough study of
- the relationships of the characters in "Look Homeward,
- Angel" and the actual members of Mr. Wolfe's family on which
- the characters are based. I would like to extend my ap-
- preciation to John for allowing me to include the fruits of
- his labor and more effectively showcase the features of
- Family Tree Journal.
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- USA DATE FORMAT (MONTH-DAY-YEAR)
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- The second field on the setup screen allows you to select
- the format you will use when entering dates. The default is
- the format most commonly used in the USA with the month
- followed by the day of the month. Most genealogists express
- dates with the day of the month first followed by the number
- of the month. If you prefer to use the first three letters
- of the month, ie. APR, you may use either or both formats.
- This selection applies to dates entered using only numbers.
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- PRINTOUT DESTINATION
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- The printout destination is used to tell the program to
- which port your printer is connected. This is typically
- LPT1, the first parallel port equipped on your computer.
- Some printers may also be connected to LPT2, LPT3 or a
- serial port such as COM1 etc. This entry may also be used to
- redirect the normal printouts to a file instead of your
- printer. If you enter a file name such as PRINTER.OUT, your
- books and other reports will be spooled so that you can edit
- or view your work without using a lot of paper. Be aware
- that the file is reopened for each printout and any infor-
- mation that may have been previously written to the file
- will be overwritten.
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- PRINTER TYPE
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- Before you begin printing, you must specify the type of
- printer that you are using. (Your printer must be able to
- print both upper and lower case and recognize form feeds to
- be used with FAMILY TREE JOURNAL. Most modern printers will
- qualify.) There are three basic type of printers that FAMILY
- TREE JOURNAL supports:
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- Type 0 - "No frills" - this type will work on almost any
- printer. It does not use any special graphics nor does it
- print bold face, underlined characters or italics.
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- Type 1 - Epson compatible - This type will work with most
- dot-matrix printers that have the IBM extended graphic
- characters.
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- Type 2 - HP-PCL compatible - This type will work with most
- laser or ink-jet printers that are designed for IBM's and
- compatibles. (Apple LaserWriters were not designed to be IBM
- compatible so you will have to use type 0 for LaserWriters
- and use Courier mode - not PostScript).
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- Two additional types are available that may be necessary for
- some situations:
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- Type 3 - Epson compatible without IBM graphics - This type
- may be necessary if you have a printer that uses the Epson
- escape sequences for bold, italics and underline but does
- not contain the IBM graphic character set. These printers
- were intended to be used with Apples, Commodores, Radio
- Shack Color Computers, etc. but are sometimes equipped on
- IBM's.
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- Type 4 - This type may be selected if you have a laser
- printer with fonts that are not equipped with the PC-8
- typeface. but does recognize the HP-PCL escape sequences for
- bold, etc. Before you select this type, carefully check your
- printer's documentation to see if there may be some way to
- select the PC-8 typeface and use type 2 instead. The results
- will be much better!
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- One additional comment, if your printer has several fonts,
- select one that is nonproportional. Proportional fonts will
- produce skewed charts.
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- DOES YOUR PRINTER AUTOMATICALLY ADD NEW-LINES?
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- Some printers treat the ends of lines differently. The pro-
- gram will change the way it terminates each line based on
- how you answer this question. There are also option switches
- in some printers that will change the way they are handled.
- You may have to experiment a little if you get double-spaced
- printouts.
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- MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION TO INCLUDE WITH GENEALOGICAL DATA
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- In addition to the normal genealogical information for each
- individual, you may want to keep some miscellaneous infor-
- mation about each one. Five optional fields are available
- for this purpose. The first three headings will default to
- CAUSE OF DEATH, OCCUPATION, and CHURCH AFFILIATION. Two
- others are available for anything you may like to record.
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- You may prefer to use some other statistics about your
- family. You may add or change any of the five headings to
- whatever you prefer. Several suggestions that I have
- received are CEMETERY or PLACE OF BURIAL, TELEPHONE NUMBER,
- POLITICAL PARTY, etc. You may also use this to enter such
- things as physical descriptions (color of hair, eyes, etc.),
- schooling or educational background, hobbies, etc. I even
- had a suggestion that FAMILY TREE JOURNAL could be used to
- document the pedigree for animals. I'm not sure that all the
- information would be appropriate for this application
- (information about marriages might seem a little odd) but,
- you could use these miscellaneous fields to record the
- registration paper numbers, desirable traits etc. for show
- animals or to assist in farm animal breeding.
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- The F2 key will toggle your display between color and
- monochrome.
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- The F8 key will save your setup information without exiting
- the setup screen.
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- The ESC key will exit and save the setup information.
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