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SETUP INFORMATION
FILE NAME FOR DATA FILES
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.
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.
USA DATE FORMAT (MONTH-DAY-YEAR)
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.
PRINTOUT DESTINATION
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.
PRINTER TYPE
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:
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.
Type 1 - Epson compatible - This type will work with most
dot-matrix printers that have the IBM extended graphic
characters.
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).
Two additional types are available that may be necessary for
some situations:
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.
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!
One additional comment, if your printer has several fonts,
select one that is nonproportional. Proportional fonts will
produce skewed charts.
DOES YOUR PRINTER AUTOMATICALLY ADD NEW-LINES?
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.
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION TO INCLUDE WITH GENEALOGICAL DATA
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.
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.
The F2 key will toggle your display between color and
monochrome.
The F8 key will save your setup information without exiting
the setup screen.
The ESC key will exit and save the setup information.
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