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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Family Tree ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

A family tree consists of persons, which are related to each other. In the
"empty" family tree there is only one person that's "Origin" and "Actual":
Choose Add Partner from the contextmenu of this person and it gets a partner:
Now we can add children by choosing Add Child from the contextmenu of one of
them. When you select a person you'll notice, that it gets the red-shaded
border - this is "Actual" from now on. Parents for "Adam" are no problem.
Select "Adam" by clicking on it and choose Add Parents from the man's
contextmenu. Not all persons in the family tree are shown at once. It depends
on the person which is "Origin", which relatives you see. All ancestors (direct
line) and descendants (with partner) of the "Origin" are shown. (Exception: You
can change the view of the family tree via the Viewmenu).

Try to make "Partner" the new "Origin" by double-clicking on it or choosing
Origin from his context-menu. The color of "Partner" changes to red - now he's
"Origin" of the family tree. Did you notice, that the parents of "Adam" have
vanished and only a dotted line shows they're still there ? But now you can see
all ancestors of "Partner" if you add them to it.

Now make "Child" the new "Origin" (its color changes to red) and add a few
siblings via the context-menu from "Adam": The siblings of "Child" are not
shown, because they are neither ancestors nor descendants of it.

Try building a family tree and changing the "Origin". Change the view by
choosing items from the Viewmenu.

Open the List window, where all persons are sorted alphabetically.

Open the Edit window and change properties like last name or first name.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Main Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Family Tree

 ... Graphical Managing of a Family Tree

Copyright 1996 by Nils Meier ([e-mail])

Important :  Please read readme.txt for Copyright and usage hints !

This is the initial help for Family Tree. If you start the program, you'll see
the main window and get to this help by pressing F1.

The main window consists of a "white piece of paper" with one person "Adam", a
statusbar, a slider and a window-menu. The principle of a family tree is
explained here.

You can immediately start entering a family tree by selecting a person (simple
mouse-click), activating the context-menu of the person (click with right
mouse-button) and choosing actions. Click with the right mouse-button on a free
space in the family and the Viewmenu appears.

By clicking with the left mouse-button on the tree and keeping it pressed, you
can move the tree around.

You can save, load and print a family tree via the Filemenu. The Viewmenu gives
you the opportunity to change the family tree view.

You can change the zoom-rate by using the slider on the left side of the main
window (or by pressing +/-). Change the font or color of the tree just by
dropping one from the font/color palette.

If you want a default tree to be loaded on startup just specify its name on
commandline or the parameter field of the program object.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Edit Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

You can change the properties of the "Actual" in this window. These are for now
:

   1. Last name
   2. First name
   3. Sex
   4. Birth date
   5. - place
   6. Death date
   7. - place
   8. Marriage with Partner
   9. - Marriage date
  10. - place
  11. - end
  12. Memo
  13. Picture

 Open the Edit Window via the context-menu of a man.

 Enter your data in the corresponding fields. If you place a tilde (~) in the
 first name-field the name directly following it becomes the given name and is
 the only one that is shown in the family tree.

 You can delete any date information by pressing ESC, when the cursor is in a
 date field.

 Change the sex of a person, by clicking on the "Sex"-button.

 If the "Actual" has several partners, you can click through them by pressing
 the "Marriage X/Y". Then you can change the information of a partnership (Xth
 marriage of Y).

 Drag&Drop any GIF, BMP or PCX to the picture or click on the picture to enter
 a path manually. Click once again and you'll see the picture again.

 Attention: FTree only remembers where the picture resides (Its data is not
 saved). If the picture gets moved or deleted later, FTree can't find it and
 shows a questionmark.

 If the family tree has no name or the dropped picture is not from the actual
 (sub-)directory, the whole path information is remembered. If you drop a
 picture from the actual (sub-)directory only the relative path is remembered.
 The pictures are still found if you move the family tree with its pictures to
 another media.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. List Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This window contains an alphabetic list of all relations in the family tree.
You can select a person and open its context-menu via right mouse-click.

Open the List Window, by choosing List from the Viewmenu.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Print dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This dialog shows up, when you select Print from the menu.

You can choose a Printer here and change print options.

Click on Fit to change the number of pages to a specific number. The family
tree will be shrunk or grown to the specified number of pages.

When Fit isn't choosen, you can choose a magnify factor by using the slider
Zoom by.

Click on Print to start the printing, Properties to change printer options and
Cancel to go back to the family tree.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Filemenu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Filemenu enables you to do the following actions on the family tree. You
can

   1. Make a new,
   2. load,
   3. save,
   4. save with name,
   5. print,
   6. close a family tree and quit the program.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.1. New family tree ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing File|New you can start with a new family tree.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.2. Load family tree ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing File|Load you can load an existing family tree.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3. Save family tree ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing File|Save you can save a modified family tree which was previously
loaded or saved with save as.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.4. Save family tree as ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing File|SaveAs you can save a modified family tree.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.5. Close family tree ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing File|Close you can close the family tree and quit the program.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.6. Print family tree ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

by choosing File|Print you can print out the family tree.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Viewmenu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Viewmenu is shown via the main menu at the top of the main window or by
right-clicking on a free space in the family tree. Following options are
available:

   1. Ancestors,
   2. Descendants,
   3. A+D
   4. A+D+Siblings

   5. First name
   6. Birth/Death date

   7. Vertical
   8. Horizontal

   9. List


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.1. Ancestors ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing View|Ancestors only ancestors of the "Actual" are shown.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.2. Descendants ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing View|Descendants only descendants (with Partner) of the "Actual"
are shown.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.3. A+D ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing View|A+D all ancestors and descendants (with Partner) of the
"Actual" are shown.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.4. A+D+Siblings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing View|A+D+Siblings all ancestors, descendants (with Partner) and the
siblings (with Ancestors) of the "Actual" are shown.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.5. First name ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing View|First name you can specify that persons show their first name.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.6. Birth/Death date ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing View|Birth/Death date you can specify that persons show their
dates.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.7. Vertical ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing View|Vertical the family tree is shown vertical (Not yet
implemented).


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.8. Horizontal ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing View|Horizontal the family tree is shown horizontal.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.9. List ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing View|List a List Window with an alphabetic list of all persons in
the family tree is shown.

An additional selection closes the List Window, when it is already open (the
item is checked).


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Person ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The context-menu of a person enables you to do the following actions (A right
mouse-click on a person in the family tree opens it):

   1. Center,
   2. Edit,
   3. Make Origin

   4. Delete children
   5. Delete parents
   6. Delete "Actual"

   7. Add child
   8. Add Parents
   9. Add Partner


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.1. Center ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing Center the family tree is so positioned that the "Actual" is in the
middle of the window (Not yet implemented).


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.2. Edit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing Edit a Edit Window is opened, where you can change the properties
of the "Actual".

The item is checked, if the edit window is already open, and a new selection
closes it.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.3. Origin ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing Origin the "Actual" becomes the "Origin" of the family tree.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4. Del|Children with ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing Del|Children with all children of the "Actual" are deleted. If the
"Actual" has more than one partner you have to specify the other one, whose
children should be deleted.

Warning: All children, their descendants and ancestors (without the "Actual")
are deleted !


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.5. Del|Parents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing Del|Parents the parents of the "Actual" are deleted.

Warning: The parents, their ancestors and descendants (without the "Actual")
are deleted !


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.6. Del|This ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing Del|This the "Actual" is deleted.

The item is not selectable, if the family tree breaks in two parts or the
"Actual" is also the "Origin".


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.7. Child with ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing child the "Actual" is added a child. If the "Actual" has more than
one partner you have to specify the other one, who is parent of the new child.

This item is not selectable, if the "Actual" has no partner or has the maximum
allowable number of children.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.8. Parents (adding of) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing Parents the "Actual" is added parents.

This item is not selectable, if the "Actual" already has parents.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.9. Partner (adding of) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

By choosing Partner the "Actual" is added a partner.

This item is not selectable, if the "Actual" already has a partner.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Registration ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Family Tree is Shareware. You are allowed to test and use this program for x
days (x depends on you). If you want to support the author in developing this
software you are invited to register.

Registration fee is 20 German Marks or US $ 15. You will get a registration
code that you have to enter in the about dialog (reachable by the menu
Help|About). The registration is valid for all versions 1.x and 2.x. Beside
that you will get an e-mail, if a new version of Family Tree is released.

Add 5 German Marks or US $ 5, if you want to receive the actual version on
disk. Please send me a note which format I should put it on (3 1/2 or 5 1/4).

You can pay by

   1. Money transfer order to
        Nils Meier
        Account number 210 156 3017
        at Volksbank Lohmar, Germany
        bank code 386 600 95
      Please specify "FTree Registration" and your primary name.
      Note: Please use a method where you pay the bank fee !
   2. Cash by postal mail to
        Nils Meier
        Birkenweg 27
        53797 Lohmar
        Germany
   3. Eurocheque payable to Nils Meier in German Marks
        Same address as above

 Please send the following information :

   1. Name
   2. Address
   3. E-Mail address
   4. Way of payment
          Money transfer order
          Cheque (Included in postal mail)
          Cash (Included in postal mail)
   5. Where you want the registration code to be sent.
          Postal mail to above address.
          E-mail to above address.

 Thanks for registering !