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PafBook Users Guide February 2, 1994
Table of Contents
Installing PafBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Starting PafBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
PAFBOOK at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Working with Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Opening a Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Selecting a Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Closing a Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Working with a Dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Command Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Text Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
List Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Drop Down List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Option Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Check Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Using the Control Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Minimize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Maximize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Swith To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
If you need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Help Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Search For . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How to use help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
About PafBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Accessing Expanded Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Returning to Previous Help Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Performing a Keyword Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PafBook's File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PafBook's Option Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Printing a book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Location to print the book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Printing of Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Numbering System to use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Henry, Modified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Henry, Mormem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Modified Registered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Straight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
RIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ID Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
How Children's section will be printed . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Selecting other options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Type of TAG infomation to use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Selection of the person for the book . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Information Setup Message Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
PafBook Users Guide February 2, 1994
Table of Contents (continued)
Status of the Generation of the book . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Program Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting Paths used for the book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
OPTIONS - Configuration General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Include in Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Abbreviate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Title Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Third and Fourth Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
OPTIONS - Configuration Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Changing printers and other printing options . . . . . . . . . 29
Index Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Index Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Index Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Preposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Number at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Other Printing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
OPTIONS - Page Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Page Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Blank Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Type Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Header and Footer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Exiting PafBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 PafBook Users Guide February 2, 1994 Page 1
PAFBOOK
Pafbook is a program that generates a book from PAF 2.2 or PAF 2.3
data files.
Installing PafBook
To install Pafbook, type the following command at the MS-DOS prompt
(A:\>) that contains the files, and press Enter as shown:
SETUP <Enter>
*NOTE: PafBook must be installed before using. It will not operate
until Setup is run.
Starting PafBook
To start PafBook, type the following command at the MS-DOS prompt
(C:\PAFBOOK>), pressing Enter as shown:
PAFBOOK <Enter>
The Pafbook desktop similar to Figure 1, appears on your screen.
(If you get the message Bad command or filename, insure that you
are in the default Pafbook directory.)
+|-| Pafbook 2.0 |v||+|+
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Figure 1.
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PAFBOOK at a Glance
Pafbook is made up of a group of forms or windows. A window is
simply a framed region on the screen. Each window contains some or
all of the following elements:
* Window borders are the four edges that define the border of a
window.
* The title bar is the area directly below the window's top
border. The title bar displays the window's name.
* The control-menu box is in the upper left corner of the window
and has an inner rectangle.
* The mouse pointer indicates where the mouse is currently
positioned on the screen.
* Sizing buttons (Minimize/Maximize) are buttons in the upper
right corner of the window that minimize or maximize the
window.
* The menu bar is the area under the title bar. The menu bar
provides access to most of an application's commands.
* The work area is the area inside a window.
PafBook Users Guide February 2, 1994 Page 3
Working with menus
Immediately below the Pafbook title bar is a menu bar. The menu
bar lists the names of one or more menus (list of related
commands).
Opening a menu
To open a menu, follow these steps:
Mouse - Click on the Menu Name
Keyboard - Press Alt+letter, where the letter is the key that
represents the desired menu name. (Each menu name
has an highlighted character that represents the
menu. For example, press Alt+F to open the File
menu.)
When opening a menu, a list of commands appears, as shown in
Figure 2.
File
+-----------+
| Print... |
|-----------|
| DOS Shell |
|-----------|
| Exit |
+-----------+
Figure 2.
Selecting a Command
Mouse - Click on the command
Keyboard - Press X, where X is the letter highlighted in the
command. If the command has no highlighted letter,
use the arrow keys to highlight the command, and
then press Enter.
Closing a menu
To close a menu without selecting a command, click on a location
outside of the menu or press the Esc key.
PafBook Users Guide February 2, 1994 Page 4
Working with dialog box
A dialog box is a window that frequently provides information and
always requests a user response. Figure 3 shows a sample dialog
box. A dialog box might simply display a status message, waiting
until you select OK, or it might ask you to specify a filename or
other information.
+|-| OPTIONS - Configuration General |v||^|+
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| [ ] Capitalize SURNAME |
| |
| + Include in Book -------------+ +--------+ |
| |[ ] RIN | | Ok | |
| |[ ] ID Number | +--------+ |
| |[ ] MRIN | +--------+ |
| +------------------------------+ | Cancel | |
| +--------+ |
| + Abbreviate ------------------+ |
| |[ ] Title Field | |
| |[ ] Third and Fourth Fields | |
| +------------------------------+ -
+----------------------------------------------|
Figure 3.
Dialog boxes can contain several fields of information, as described in
the following paragraphs. To select a field within a dialog box, follow
these steps:
Mouse - Click on the desired field
Keyboard - Press Alt+X, where X is the letter highlighted in
the field name. Use the Tab key to advance from one
dialog box field to the next. Use Shift+Tab to
return to the previous field.
PafBook Users Guide February 2, 1994 Page 5
Command Button A command button directs a dialog box to preform a
specific action.
Text Box A text box lets you type in a text string, such as a
filename. Sometimes a text box contains default text
(which might be highlighted). To enter different text,
simply type in the next text, which replaces the old text
automatically. To make minor changes to the default
text, press the left arrow key, and edit the text using
the Backspace, Delete and arrow keys.
List Box A list box provides you with a list of options. If the
list contains more options that the box can display, the
box contains a scroll bar. To choose an option, follow
these steps:
Mouse - Double click the option
Keyboard - Use the arrow keys to select the option, and then
press Enter.
Drop Down List Dialog boxes use drop-down lists when there's not enough
room for a list box. Figure 4 shows a sample drop-down
list. To drop the list, follow these steps:
Mouse - Click on the downward pointing arrow at the right of
the list.
Keyboard - Select the drop-down list, and then press Alt+Down
arrow or the F4 key.
If the list lets you select multiple options, press the space bar
to select or deselect an item. A selected item will have a check
mark next to it.
+----------------------+
| ACTION ^
| ADDRESS #
| ADOPTION #
| ADULT #
| AKA #
| BAPTISM #
| BIOGRAPHY #
| BIRTH v
+----------------------+-+
|[ ACTION ]v|
+------------------------+
Figure 4.
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Option Button When the options you can select from are mutually
exclusive - that is, when you are allowed to select only
one of them at a time - they are grouped together as
option buttons. Option buttons appear as ( ) with text
next to them. One option in each group (the currently
selected option) has a darkened circle. Gray or dimmed
options are inappropriate for the current situation and
cannot be selected. To select an option button, follow
these steps:
Mouse - Click the option button
Keyboard - Press Alt+X, where X is the letter highlighted in
the option name. Use the arrow keys to move the
darkened circle to the desired option.
Check Box Options that can be individually turned on or off are
displayed as check boxes. When a check box is empty, the
option is off. An X in the check box indicates that the
option is selected. Gray or dimmed options are
inappropriate for the current situation and cannot be
selected. To select or deselect a check box, follow
these steps:
Mouse - Click the check box.
Keyboard - Press Alt+X, where X is the letter highlighted in
the check box name. If the check box name doesn't
have an highlighted letter, press Tab key until the
option is highlighted, and then press Spacebar.
PafBook Users Guide February 2, 1994 Page 7
Using the control menu
Most of the windows have a Control Menu, which contains commands
that let you move, size or close a window by using the keyboard or
the mouse (Figure 5).
+|-| PafBook 2.0
+---------------------+
| Restore Ctrl+F5 |
| Move Ctrl+F7 |
| Size Ctrl+F8 |
| Minimize Ctrl+F9 |
| Maximize Ctrl+F10 |
|---------------------|
| Close Ctrl+F4 |
+---------------------+
Figure 5.
To open the Control menu, follow these steps:
Mouse - Click on the Control menu box in the window's
upper left corner adjacent to the menu bar.
Double click to close a window or exit the
program.
Keyboard - Press Alt+- to access the Control menu.
The following list briefly describes each Control menu command:
Command Function
Restore Restores a window to its previous size following a
minimize or maximize operation
Move Lets you move the window using the arrow keys or the
mouse
Size Lets you change the window's size using the arrow keys or
mouse
Minimize Reduces the window to an icon
Maximize Expands the window to full size
Close Closes the window
Switch to Lets you switch to another open window
Next Selects the next open window
PafBook Users Guide February 2, 1994 Page 8
If you need help
To help you quickly resolve problems and to answer your question,
Pafbook provides online help that you can use from within Pafbook.
Simply use one of the following techniques:
* Choose a command from the help menu
* Press F1 for context sensitive help
The following list describes the Help commands provided by Pafbook:
Command Function
Contents Opens a window showing the table of contents for
topics
Search for Opens a dialog box that allows you to type a subject
How to use Help Opens a window showing explanatory text about online
help
About Pafbook Opens a window showing copyright information and
release number for Pafbook
PafBook Users Guide February 2, 1994 Page 9
When you select a command from the Help menu or when you press F1, a
window appears with help text and the following buttons (Figure 6).
(Dimmed buttons are inappropriate for the current situation and cannot
be selected.)
+|-| Help |v||^|+
|+----------+ +----------+ +----------+ +----------+ +----------+^
|| Contents | | Search...| | Back | |History...| | Copy... |
|+----------+ +----------+ +----------+ +----------+ +----------+#
| #
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+< ############################################################>|
Figure 6.
To choose a help button, follow these steps:
Mouse - Click on the help button.
Keyboard - Press Alt-X, where X is the letter highlighted in
the button name.
PafBook Users Guide February 2, 1994 Page 10
Accessing Expanded Help
Additional information is available for terms that are surrounded
by brackets in the help text. To obtain addition information,
preform the steps that follow.
Mouse - Click on the item.
Keyboard - Press the TAB key to highlight the term and then
press Enter.
Returning to Previous Help Topics
As you use help to learn about various topics, there might be times
when you return to a topic you were previously viewing. To do so
choose Back. Help displays the previous Help topic. If you choose
Back again, help returns to the topic you viewed before the current
one. You can view as many as 20 previous topics in this manner.
Help's History button also lets you quickly return to a previous
topic. When you choose History by clicking on the History button
or by pressing Alt+T, Help opens a History dialog box similar to
Figure 7, which lists up to 20 previously viewed topics.
+|-| Search |+
| |
| Select topic to display: Clipboard: |
| +-----------------------------------+--+----------+ |
| | lstHistory ^ | OK | |
| | +----------+ |
| | # +----------+ |
| | # | Cancel | |
| | # +----------+ |
| | # # |
| | # # |
| | # # |
| | # # |
| | # # |
| | # # |
| | v v |
| +-----------------------------------+######>+ |
+-----------------------------------------------------+
Figure 7.
To return to a previous Help topic, follow these steps:
Mouse - 1. If necessary, drag scroll box until the topic
becomes visible.
2. Double click the topic.
Keyboard - Use the arrow key to highlight the topic, and then
press Enter.
PafBook Users Guide February 2, 1994 Page 11
To close the History dialog without making a selection, double-click on
its Control Menu box or press Alt-F4.
Performing a Keyword Search
The Search button lets you search for help from a list of
predefined keywords. To choose the Search button, click on the
Search button, or press Alt+S.
When you choose the Search button, a dialog box appears, similar to
Figure 8.
+|-| Search |+
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| Select topic to display: Clipboard: |
| +-----------------------------------+--+----------+ |
| | lstHistory ^ | OK | |
| | +----------+ |
| | # +----------+ |
| | # | Cancel | |
| | # +----------+ |
| | # # |
| | # # |
| | # # |
| | # # |
| | # # |
| | # # |
| | v v |
| +-----------------------------------+######>+ |
+-----------------------------------------------------+
Figure 8.
The Search dialog contains three fields: a text box near the top of the
dialog box; a list box in the middle of the dialog box that contains all
available keywords and another list box at the bottom of the dialog box.
To search for a topic, follow these steps:
1. Select a keyword from the middle list box. (In addition to
scrolling in the typical way, you can type the first letter or
two of the desired keyword into the text box, and the middle
text box moves to and highlights the first keyword that
matches the letters you specified.)
2. If you find a keyword you desire, choose Go To. Help searches
the help file for matching occurrences of the keyword and
displays each match in the bottom list box.
3. If a reference in the bottom list box is of interest, double-
click on the reference, or use the arrow keys to highlight it,
and press Enter.
PafBook Users Guide February 2, 1994 Page 12
Pafbook's File Menu
The file menu expanded look like figure 9. The following table
briefly describes the commands available in the file menu:
File
+-----------+
| Print... |
|-----------|
| DOS Shell |
|-----------|
| Exit |
+-----------+
Figure 9.
Use To Do
Print To generate and print a book
Dos Shell To shell out to MS-DOS to run a dos command.
Exit To exit from the Pafbook program.
Pafbook's Option Menu
The options menu expanded looks like figure 10. The following
table describes the command available in Pafbook's Option Menu:
Option
+---------------------------+
| Set Paths... |
| General Configuration... |
| Printing Configuration... |
| Page Format... |
+---------------------------+
Figure 10.
Use To Do
Set Paths To set the path of the Data Set to use as
well as the path for the output file is
book is sent to a file.
Configuration General General configuration options.
Configuration Printing Printing configuration Options.
Page Setup Setting for the page.
PafBook Users Guide February 2, 1994 Page 13
Printing a book
To print a book, choose Print from the File Menu. The Output
Selection Dialog Box appears. (Fig. 11)
+|-| PAF Book OutPut Selection |+
| |
| + Location ------------------+ + Notes ------+ + Numbering --------+ |
| |(*) File BookFile | |(*) None | |[Henry, Modified ]v| |
| |( ) Printer [LPT1 ]v | |( ) Both | +-------------------+ |
| +----------------------------+ |( ) Internal | + Children Printed -+ |
| |( ) External | |[ ] Condensed | |
|+ TAGS -----------------------+ +-------------+ |[ ] Indented | |
||( ) Remove TAG Description | +-------------------+ |
||( ) Remove ! from TAG | |
||(*) Leave all TAG Info | + Other Options ---------------------+|
||[ ] Return After Each TAG | |[ ] Number of Generations ___ ||
||[ ] Blank Lines Between Notes| |[ ] Page Break after Each Generation||
||[ ] Print TAGS with ! | |[ ] Print on Both Sides of the Paper||
||[ ] Print TAGS without ! | |[ ] End of Line Individuals ||
||+ Select TAGS -----------+ | |[ ] Include Print Control Codes ||
|||[ ACTION ]v| | +------------------------------------+|
||+------------------------+ | |
|| < Add TAG > | +----------+ +----------+ |
|| < Select All TAGS > | |Select RIN| | Cancel | |
|| < DeSelect All TAGS > | +----------+ +----------+ |
|+-----------------------------+ |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 11.
Location to print the book
Provides a selection of where the output of the book will be sent.
+ Location --------------------+
|(*) File BookFile |
|( ) Printer [LPT1 ]v |
+------------------------------+
Figure 12.
Option Result
File Sends the book to a file. The name of the file will
be next to this option.
Printer Send book to the printer. The port the printer is
connected to is next to this option.
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Printing of Notes
Tells weather to print notes or not and what type of notes to
print.
+ Notes ------+
|(*) None |
|( ) Both |
|( ) Internal |
|( ) External |
+-------------+
Figure 13.
Option Result
None Do not print any notes at all.
Both Prints both internal and external notes.
Internal Prints internal PAF Notes.
External Prints External Notes that are referenced in the ID
Number field.
Numbering System to use
Tells which numbering system to use.
+ Numbering -----------+
|[Henry, Modified ]v|
+----------------------+
Figure 14.
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Henry, Modified
The original Henry Numbering System was developed by Reginald
Buchanan Henry who used it in his "Genealogies of the Families of
the Presidents" which he produced in 1935. This sceme of indexing
consists of numbering the children in each generation in the order
of their birth. The numbering begins with a progenitor of a line
who is assigned number 1. The second generation are his children in
order of birth who are assigned a second digit in order of birth.
His or her oldest child becomes 11, his next child becomes 12, ect.
If there are more than nine children, capital letters are used in
alphabetic order. The tenth is given letter A, the eleventh
becomes B, ect. The 3rd and succeeding generations follow using
the same numbering sequence and methodology.
To Illustrate:
Generation Henry Number
(1) The Progenitor or common ancestor. 1
(2) Child number 3 13
(3) Child number 8 138
(4) Child number 10 138-A
(5) Child number 1 138-A1
(6) Child number 11 138-A1B
(7) Child number 3 138-A1B-3
The index to the report is unique in that is uses the Henry Report
Number of each individual to identify it's location within the
report. As all Henry Numbers are sequential and progressive, it is
simple to find each individual. KEEP IN MIND THAT ONLY DIRECT
DECSCENDANTS OF A PROGRNITOR ARE ASSIGNED TRUE HENRY NUMBERS.
PafBook Users Guide February 2, 1994 Page 16
Henry, Mormen
Mormem Modern Modified Henry Numbering System. The original Henry
Numbering System was developed by Reginald Buchanan Henry who used
it in his "Genealogies of the Families of the Presidents" which he
produced in 1935. This sceme of indexing consists of numbering the
children in each generation in the order of their birth. The
numbering begins with a progenitor of a line who is assigned number
1. The second generation are his children in order of birth who
are assigned a second digit in order of birth. His or her oldest
child becomes 11, his next child becomes 12, ect. If there are more
than nine children, capital letters are used in alphabetic order.
The tenth is given letter A, the eleventh becomes B, ect. The 3rd
and succeeding generations follow using the same numbering sequence
and methodology.
To Illustrate:
Generation Henry Number
(1) The Progenitor or common ancestor. 1
(2) Child number 3 13
(3) Child number 8 138
(4) Child number 10 138-A
(5) Child number 1 138-A1
(6) Child number 11 138-A1B
(7) Child number 3 138-A1B-3
The index to the report is unique in that is uses the Henry Report
Number of each individual to identify it's location within the
report. As all Henry Numbers are sequential and progressive, it is
simple to find each individual. KEEP IN MIND THAT ONLY DIRECT
DECSCENDANTS OF A PROGRNITOR ARE ASSIGNED TRUE HENRY NUMBERS.
It will start a new number one for each child from a different
marriage. As well as the new number one it will contain symbols for
different marriages.The things that I have added to the the system
help with the ease of figuring the number of generations for long
numbers. It is easier to read "132-345-234" then it is to read
"132345234". For this reason after every third generation I have
added a "-" to seperate the number and make it easier to read.
Thus the fourth generation number would look as follows: "123-4".
The second thing that I have added is for multiple marriages. This
way by just looking a number you can tell what marriages a person
is from. Also for each marriage of an individual I restared at "1"
for the first child of that marriage. Thus for the first marriage
of individual "12" his first child would be "121". His first child
of his second marriage would be "1(2)1". The "1(2)1" would read as
the first child of the second marriage of the second child of the
ancestor. I have used symbols for up to 20 marriages. More
marriages are allowed up to 50 but I have only the twenty symbols.
This is to be as compatiable with as many printers as possible.
The Symbols are as follows:
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Marriage Number Symbol
2nd ( )
3rd [ ]
4th { }
5th < >
6th : :
7th | |
8th ` '
9th \ /
10th " "
11th ! !
12th # #
13th % %
14th & &
15th * *
16th ^ ^
17th ~ ~
18th $ $
19th ? ?
20th @ @
Also after the 9th child I have started to use letters so as to use
only 1 digit for each generation. Thus the tenth child of the
ancestor would be "1A" and the eleventh child would be "1B" and so
on. The 36th child for a marriage would thus start small letters
if they should ever be needed. Thus the 36th child of the ancestor
would be "1a".
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Modified Registered
The progenitor or other individual is given the number 1. Each
child is then numbered in order with lower-case Roman numerals (i,
ii, iii, iv, v, etc.). Each individual is also given a number
regardless of whether the line is subsequently carried on. A plus
mark prior to the number is used to indicate if the line is later
carried on. This is the system used by the National Genealogical
Society Quarterly.
To Illustrate:
FIRST GENERATION
1 The progenitor
2 i 1st Child of number 1
3 ii 2nd Child of number 1
+ 4 iii 3rd Child of number 1
SECOND GENERATION
4 3rd Child of number 1
+ 5 i 1st Child of number 4
THIRD GENERATION
5 1st Child of number 4
6 i 1st Child of number 5
The index of the report list the Number assigned to the individual.
PAFBOOK identifies the number of spouse's, as well as their
parents, using the System Number of the progenitors descendant.
These are identified by using their husband's or wive's System
Number and adding a =H (Husband) or =W (Wife) and their appropriate
marriage. In this way multiple marriage are recorded. i.e: The
spouse of 6 would be 6=H1 if female or =W1 if male. Using the same
example, were there more than one marriage they would be recorded
as, 6=H1 and 6=H2 etc. Parents or spouses are identified using the
spouse's number and a F (Father) or M (Mother). i.e: 6=H1F.
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Straight
The progenitor or other individual is given the number 1. Each
child is then numbered in order. A plus mark prior to the number
is used to indicate if the line is later carried on.
RIN
Uses the PAF Record Identification number to number the individuals
in the book.
ID Number
Uses the ID Number to number the individuals in the book. Not
suggested if there are not a lot of ID numbers as alot of the
individuals will have no number. This is good it there is another
numbering system that you would like to use and it is stored in the
ID Number field.
How Children's section will be printed
Tells how children's section will be printed throughout the book.
+ Children Printed ----+
|[ ] Condensed |
|[ ] Indented |
+----------------------+
Figure 15.
Option Result
Condensed Will condense the Children's section. Overrides
Page Format Option for Child's Type.
Indented Indent's the child's section from the left margin.
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Selecting other options for the book
To select one of the other options do the following:
Mouse - Click option to use
Keyboard - Move cursor to option and press space bar
+ Other Options ----------------------+
|[ ] Number of Generations ___ |
|[ ] Page Break after Each Generation |
|[ ] Print on Both Sides of the Paper |
|[ ] End of Line Individuals |
|[ ] Include Print Control Codes |
+-------------------------------------+
Figure 16.
Option Result
Number of Generations If selected will only print the
number of generations specified
Page Break after Each Generation Will start a new page after each
generation
Print on Both Sides of the Paper Will print the odd numbered
pages, then will prompt the user
to turn the paper over. After
that will print the even number
pages. Will only be active if
sent to the printer.
End of Line Individuals Will get all the end of line of
the individual selected and
print for all of them. Will not
use the limit of Generations.
Include Print Control Codes Will print the printer control
codes for bolding and italics to
the book file. Will only be
active when book is send to a
file.
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Type of TAG Information to use
+ TAGS ------------------------+
|( ) Remove TAG Description |
|( ) Remove ! from TAG |
|(*) Leave all TAG Info |
|[ ] Return After Each TAG |
|[ ] Blank Lines Between Notes |
|[ ] Print TAGS with ! |
|[ ] Print TAGS without ! |
|+ Select TAGS -----------+ |
||[ ACTION ]v| |
|+------------------------+ |
| < Add TAG > |
| < Select All TAGS > |
| < DeSelect All TAGS > |
+------------------------------+
Figure 17.
Option Result
Remove TAG Description Removes the TAG Description
Remove ! from TAG Removes the ! from before the TAG
Description
Leave all TAG Info Leaves all TAG information including TAG
Description and the ! before the
description
Return After Each TAG Puts a blank line after Each TAG
Blank Line Between Notes Will print a blank line between personal
data and notes. Also will print a blank
line between notes of the adult section
Select TAGS The TAGS selected to include in the Book
Add a TAG Allows the user to Add a TAG to the list
Print TAGS with ! Will include a TAG if in the selected list
if the TAG has a !
Print TAGS without ! Will include a TAG if in the selected list
if the TAG does not have a !
Select all TAGS Selects all TAGS in the list
Deselect all TAGS DeSelects all TAGS in the list
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Selection of the person for the Book
Dialog box that provides for selecting of the person to print the
book about.
+|-| Person Selection |v||^|+
| +------------------+ +-----+|
|[ ] Starting System Number | | Record Number: | ||
| +------------------+ +-----+|
| + Surname ----++ First Name ---++ Middle 1 Name -++ Middle 2 Name -+ |
| | || || || | |
| +-------------++---------------++----------------++----------------+ |
| + Birth Date ---+ + Birth Place -----------------------------------+ |
| | | | | |
| +---------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ |
| + Father ----------------------------------------------------------+ |
| | | |
| +------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
| + Mother ----------------------------------------------------------+ |
| | | |
| +------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
| + Spouse(s) -------------------------------------------------------+ |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| +------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
| [ ] Include Introductory <Generate Book> <Cancel> -
+---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Figure 18.
Option Result
Record Number Record Number of the Person to print in
the book
Starting System Number The starting System number of the person
if not to Start as 1. This option is not
used on RIN and ID Numbering systems for
the book
Surname Surname of person selected for the book
First Name First Name of person selected for the book
Middle 1 Name First Middle name of Person selected for
the book
Middle 2 Name Second Middle name of Person selected for
the book
Include Introductory Include Introductory explaining the
numbering system used in the book
Generate Book When selected will start the generation of
the book
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Information Setup Message Box
Message box that displays Please wait Setting up and processing
information. This is displayed while the options for the book are
being set up.
+| INFORMATION SETUP |+
| |
| Please wait Setting up and |
| processing information... |
| |
+-------------------------------+
Figure 19.
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Status of the Generation of the Book
Status screen that shows where the book generation is at.
+|-| Book Generation Status |v||^|+
| |
| +--------------------+ +---------+ |
| Time Started | | Page Number | | |
| +--------------------+ +---------+ |
| |
| +---------------------------------------------+ |
| Working On | | |
| +---------------------------------------------+ |
| |
| +---------------------------------------------+ |
| Processing | | |
| +---------------------------------------------+ |
| |
| +----------+ +------+ |
| People Indexed | | | Stop | |
| +----------+ +------+ |
| |
| +--------------------+ |
| Time Finished | | |
| +--------------------+ -
+---------------------------------------------------------------|
Figure 20.
Option Result
Time Started Time that the book generation was started
Page Number Page number that is being generated
Working On Generation that is being work on or the index
if the index is being generated
Processing Person that is being processed
People Indexed Total number of people that are in the index
Time Finished Time the book is finished being generated
Stop and Done Command Button that if selected and is stop
then will stop the generation of the book.
After the book is done will display done. Used
to return to Main Menu
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Program Options
Options that can be selected for the book.
Setting Paths used for the book
+|-| Set Paths |v||^|+
| |
| Data File Location: [ ]v |
| <Perform Search> |
| +--------------------------------------------+ |
| Searching: | | |
| +--------------------------------------------+ |
| +--------------------------------------------+ |
| Output File Location: | | |
| +--------------------------------------------+ |
| |
| |
| +----------+ +----------+ |
| | Ok | | Cancel | |
| +----------+ +----------+ -
+---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Figure 21.
Option Result
Data File Location Location of the PAF Data Files used in
book generation
Perform Search Search current drive for all data sets on
the current drive
Output File Location Location of where if the book is sent to a
file is to be written
Searching Displayed when the drive is being searched
to let the user know what the status of
the search is
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OPTIONS - Configuration General
+|-| OPTIONS - Configuration General |v||^|+
| |
| [ ] Capitalize SURNAME |
| |
| + Include in Book -------------+ +--------+ |
| |[ ] RIN | | Ok | |
| |[ ] ID Number | +--------+ |
| |[ ] MRIN | +--------+ |
| +------------------------------+ | Cancel | |
| +--------+ |
| + Abbreviate ------------------+ |
| |[ ] Title Field | |
| |[ ] Third and Fourth Fields | |
| +------------------------------+ -
+----------------------------------------------|
Figure 22.
Option Result
Capitalize Surname Selected to capitalize the Surname throughout
the book
Include in Book
+ Include in Book -------------+
|[ ] RIN |
|[ ] ID Number |
|[ ] MRIN |
+------------------------------+
Figure 23.
Option Result
RIN Selected to include the RIN numbers in the book
ID Number Selected to include ID Numbers in the book
MRIN Selected to include MRIN numbers in the book
Abbreviate
+ Abbreviate ------------------+
|[ ] Title Field |
|[ ] Third and Fourth Fields |
+------------------------------+
Figure 24.
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Title Field
Selected to abbreviate the Title Field with the following
abbreviations:
Field Contains Abbreviation Field Contains Abbreviation
Captain Capt. Honorable Hon.
Colonel Col. Junior Jr.
Deacon Dea. Lieutenant Lt.
Doctor Dr. Major Maj.
Ensign Ens. Reverend Rev.
Esquire Esq. Saint St.
General Gen. Senior Sr.
Governor Gov. Sergeant Sgt.
They are contained in the file called TITLE.INI. They are in the
following format:
Title=Captian,Capt.
*NOTE: Items can be added to the file but it must be stored as
Text and in the previous format. Other wise the program
will not be able to process them correctly.
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Third and Fourth Fields
This option will abbreviate the third and fourth fields. They will
be abbreviated with the following:
Field Contains Abbreviation Field Contains Abbreviation
Austria OES Florida FL
Belgium BEL Georgia GA
Canada CAN Guam GU
Czechoslovakia CS Hawaii HI
Denmark DEN Idaho ID
England ENG Illinois IL
Finland FIN Indiana IN
France FRA Iowa IA
Germany GER Kansas KS
East Germany DDR Kentucky KY
West Germany BDR Louisiana LA
Greece GR Maine ME
Hungary HU Maryland MD
Ireland IRL Massachusetts MA
Isle of Man IOM Michigan MI
Italy ITL Minnesota MN
Liechtenstein FLI Mississippi MS
Luxembourg LUX Missouri MO
Netherlands NL Montana MT
New Zealand NZ Nebraska NE
Norway NOR Nevada NV
Poland POL New Jersey NJ
Portugal PT New Hampshire NH
Puerto Rico PR New Mexico NM
Romania RO New York NY
Scotland SCT North Dakota ND
South Africa RSA North Carolina NC
Spain ESP Ohio OH
Sweden SWE Oklahoma OK
Switzerland CH Oregon OR
United States USA Pennsylvania PA
United Kingdom UK Rhode Island RI
Wales WLS South Dakota SD
Yugoslavia YU South Carolina SC
Alabama AL Tennessee TN
Alaska AK Texas TX
Arizona AZ Utah UT
Arkansas AR Vermont VT
California CA Virgin Islands VI
Canal Zone CZ Virginia VA
Colorado CO Washington WA
Connecticut CT West Virginia WV
Delaware DE Wisconsin WI
Dist of Col DC Wyoming WY
Dist of Columbia DC
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They are contained in the file called LOCATION.INI. They are in
the following format:
Location=Wyoming,WY
*NOTE: Items can be added to the file but it must be stored as
Text and in the previous format. Other wise the program
will not be able to process them correctly.
OPTIONS - Configuration Printing
Changing printers and other printing options
Allow the choice of printers and various other options. Choose
OPTIONS - Configuration Printing from the Options Menu. This will
bring up the OPTIONS - Configuration Printing Dialog Box.
+|-| OPTIONS - Configuration Printing |+
| |
| Type of Printer: [Combo1 ]v + Index Type +|
| |( ) System #||
|+Index Columns + + Index Other -----------------------+ |( ) Page # ||
||( ) 1 Column | |[ ] Use Dot Leaders | |(*) Both ||
||(*) 2 Columns | |[ ] Include Birth / Deaths | +------------+|
||( ) No Index | |[ ] Use SURNAME Search Character [:]| +Preposition+ |
| +--------------+ +-----------------------------------+ |(*) None | |
| |( ) In | |
| + Other Printing Options --------------------------+ |( ) At | |
| |[X] Use 3 Generation Seperator [- ] | +-----------+ |
| |[ ] Use Date First instead of Place First | + Number At + |
| +--------------------------------------------------+ |(*) Top | |
| +--------+ +--------+ |( ) Left | |
| | Ok | | Cancel | +-----------+ |
| +--------+ +--------+ |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 25.
Option Result
Type of Printer The type of printer is connected. The three
choices are:
Epson Compatible
HP LaserJet Compatiable
IBM Compatible
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Index Columns
Allows for the choice to have no index or a 1 or 2 column Index
+ Index Columns +
|( ) 1 Column |
|(*) 2 Columns |
|( ) No Index |
+---------------+
Figure 26.
Option Result
1 Column For a 1 Column index
2 Columns For a 2 column index
No Index For no index at all
Index Other
Allows for other index options
+ Index Other ------------------------+
|[ ] Use Dot Leaders |
|[ ] Include Birth / Deaths |
|[ ] Use SURNAME Search Character [: ]|
+-------------------------------------+
Figure 27.
Option Result
Use Dot Leaders Dot leaders between the name and
information on the right part of the
index
Include Birth / Death Years Includes Birth Years and Death Years
in the index. Helps to tell
difference between individuals of the
same name
Use SURNAME Search Character Allows for a character to be added
after the surname in the index. This
helps when set to a file when
searching for a index to locate the
surname without stoping at any given
names
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Index Type
Will allow system number, page number or both of them to the index.
+ Index Type -+
|( ) System # |
|( ) Page # |
|(*) Both |
+-------------+
Figure 28.
Option Result
System # This will add the system number to the index
Page # This will add the page number to the index
Both This will add both the system number and the
page number to the index
Preposition
This will add a preposition to the places.
+ Preposition +
|(*) None |
|( ) In |
|( ) At |
+-------------+
Figure 29.
Option Result
None Add no preposition
In Add in
At Add at
Number At
Tells where to print the system number when printing an adult
section.
+ Number At --+
|(*) Top |
|( ) Left |
+-------------+
Figure 30.
Option Result
Top In the center on top of the rest of the
information
Left Just left of the individual's adult section
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Other Printing Options
Other options for printing of a book.
+ Other Printing Options ----------------------------+
|[X] Use 3 Generation Seperator [- ] |
|[ ] Use Date First instead of Place First |
+----------------------------------------------------+
Figure 31.
Option Result
Use 3 Generation Seperator Used for the Henry System's
that they may be easier to
read
Use Date First instead of Place First The default of when the
book is printed is to list
the place before the date.
This option will out put
the date before the place
OPTIONS - Page Format
+|-| OPTIONS - Page Format |v||^|+
| |
| + Page Settings -----+ + Type Size -------------------------------+ |
| |+ Margins ---------+| |Adult Section: [Courier 10cpi ]v| |
| || Left: [5 ] || |Child Section: [Courier 17cpi ]v| |
| || Right: [5 ] || +------------------------------------------+ |
| |+------------------+| + Include in Book -------------------------+ |
| |+ Blank Lines -----+| |[ ] Header [ ]| |
| || Top: [5 ] || |[ ] Footer [ ]| |
| || Bottom: [5 ] || |[ ] Time in Header | |
| |+------------------+| |[ ] Date in Header | |
| | Page Size: [60 ] | |Book Title: [ ]| |
| +--------------------+ |Index Header: [ ]| |
| +------------------------------------------+ |
| |
| +--------+ +--------+ |
| | Ok | | Cancel | |
| +--------+ +--------+ -
+---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Figure 32.
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Page Settings
Margins
+ Margins ---------+
| Left: [5 ] |
| Right: [5 ] |
+------------------+
Figure 33.
Option Result
Left The number of spaces for the Left Margin on
each page
Right The number of spaces for the Right Margin on
each page
Blank Lines
+ Blank Lines -----+
| Top: [5 ] |
| Bottom: [5 ] |
+------------------+
Figure 34.
Option Result
Top The number of blank lines at the Top of each
page
Bottom The number of blank lines at the Bottom of each
page
Page Size The total number of lines on a page
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Type Size
The size that a section will be printed.
+ Type Size ------------------------------------+
|Adult Section: [Courier 10cpi ]v|
|Child Section: [Courier 17cpi ]v|
+-----------------------------------------------+
Figure 35.
The three size choices are as follows:
Courier 10cpi
Courier 12cpi
Courier 17cpi
Option Result
Adult Section The size that each adult section will be
printed
Child Section The size that each child section will be
printed
Include in Book
+ Include in Book ------------------------------+
|[ ] Header [ ]|
|[ ] Footer [ ]|
|[ ] Time in Header |
|[ ] Date in Header |
|Book Title: [ ]|
|Index Header: [ ]|
+-----------------------------------------------+
Figure 36.
Option Result
Header What the header for each page will be if a
header is included
Footer What the footer for each page will be if a
header is included
Time in Header If to include the time in the header
Date in Header If to include the date in the header
Book Title Title of the book that will be printed centered
on it's own page
Index Header What the header for the index will be
Exiting Pafbook
To exit Pafbook, follow these steps:
Choose Exit from File Menu. This will close all files clear the
screen and return to MS-DOS.
