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== Using the Family View ==
When in the Family [[Gramps_3.0_Wiki_Manual_-_Main_Window#Relationships_View|Relationships View (see ''relationships-view'' )]], you can easily navigate between the members of the displayed family as follows:
To make the currently selected spouse the Active Person, click the double-arrow button to the right of the Active Person box. Alternatively, right-click into the spouse box and select {{man label|Make the selected spouse an Active Person}} item from the context menu.
== Using the Pedigree View ==
The [[Gramps_3.0_Wiki_Manual_-_Main_Window#Pedigree_View|Pedigree View (see ''pedigree-view'' ) ]] also allows you to move along the family tree. The benefit of this method is that you can see more than one generation of the family tree. Also, you can jump directly from a great-grandson to a great-grandfather without going through the intermediate generations.
Note that after changing the Active Person in the Pedigree View, the display is re-adjusted to show up to five generations, starting from the newly selected Active Person. When in the Pedigree View, you can easily navigate between the members of the displayed family tree as follows:
GRAMPS also features a powerful set of history-based navigation tools. These tools are similar to those commonly used in web browsers. They include {{man label|Back}} and {{man label|Forward}} items available from the {{man label|Go}} menu, context menus (available in People, Family, and Pedigree views), and the toolbar buttons. They also include the list of the recent selections available under the {{man label|Go}} menu that allows you to jump directly to any of the recent selections. Finally, right-clicking on the {{man button|Back}} and {{man button|Forward}} toolbar buttons invokes the popup menu with corresponding portion of the history. Select any item from the menu to jump directly to it.
== Bookmarking People Bookmarks ==[[Image:edit-bmorgbookmarks.png|thumb|150px200px|right|Fig. 6.1 Edit Organize bookmarks]]
Similar to setting the Home person, you can bookmark other people from the database to simplify further navigation. To bookmark a person, first navigate to that person, then choose ''' Bookmarks ->Add bookmark ''' . To move to that person from anywhere in the database, choose ''' Bookmarks ->Go to bookmark ->Person's name ''' .
You can manage your bookmarks by choosing ''' Bookmarks ->Edit Organize bookmarks... ''' . This opens the following {{man label|Edit Organize Bookmarks}} dialog with the list of bookmarks and the controls to modify this list. Use the {{man button|Up}} en {{man button|Down}} button to change the list sequence. Use the {{man button|Remove}} button to remove a Bookmark. The {{man button|Help}} will bring you to this page, and you close the {{man label|Organize Bookmarks}} window with the {{man button|Close}} button. The Bookmarked People can be selected through the People View, as explained above, but also through the Relationships View, Families View, and the Pedigree View.
On a similar basis you can also Bookmark: Events, Sources, Places, Media, Repositories , and Notes
== Finding records ==
[[Image:find-people.png|thumb|150px200px|Fig. 6.2 Type-ahead find]]
To find a record in a database, first switch to the appropriate View that provides the list of the desired records: People, Sources, Places, or Media. Then start typing the name of a person or the title of a Source, Place, or Media object that you are looking for, respectively. You may also press {{man button|<Ctrl> + F }} to turn on the search mode, but simply starting to type is also enough.
As you type, the first record in the list that is compatible with your input will be selected.
{{man tip|Finding People|For more complex people searches you may want to use filters.
Enable filter controls by choosing ''' View ->Filter ''' , select the desired filter, and click '''Apply''' . For details, see ''filters''}}
== Using the Clipboard ==
[[Image:Scratch-pad.png|thumb|ight|200px|Fig. v.v Clipboard]]
This tool provides a temporary note pad to store database records for easy reuse. In short, this is a sort of the copy-and-paste functionality extended from textual objects to other types of records used in GRAMPS.
{{man tip|1=Clipboard makes extensive use of drag-and-drop technique|2=To invoke Clipboard, either choose '''Edit->Clipboard''' or click the {{man button|Clipboard}} button on the toolbar.}}
Clipboard supports addresses, attributes (both personal and family), events (both personal and family), names, media objects references, source references, URLs, and of course textual information of notes and comments. To store any type of these records, simply drag the existing record on to the Clipboard Pad from the corresponding
editor dialog. To reuse the record, drag it from the Clipboard on to the corresponding place in the editor, e.g. Address tab, Attribute tab, etc.
{{man tip|Tip|Some objects are showing the link icon on the left. This indicates that dragging such selection will produce a reference to an existing object, not copy the object itself. For example, the media object file will not be duplicated. Instead, the reference will be made to an existing media object, which will result in the local gallery entry.}}
{{man tip|Tip|Clipboard storage is persistent within a single GRAMPS session. Closing the window will not lose the stored records. However, exiting GRAMPS will.}}
The accelerator key is now <'''CTRL+B'''>.
For an application like GRAMPS the Clipboard is very important.
Just one example: You find a birth certificate of a person. In this certificate also the witnesses are mentioned. And the birth certificate also determines a source where the information was stored. The best way is to open the clipboard and drag the source you want to work with there. Then use drag and drop to use it in new items you use.
Now you can finalize the information on the person editor screen. Drag that info also to the Clipboard.
Now you add two new persons for the witnesses (assuming you do not have them already in your database). Simply drag and drop the birth info to the witness event screen. You are then presented with the screen where you can change the role of the witness to witness for this birth event. You do the same with the other witness.
This saves you a lot of typing and possible errors.
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