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| − | The {{man label|Biography Quickview}} shows a basic Biography based on the Events of the first '''selected Person''' in your Family Tree. The purpose was to create a text summary of a person with events... suitable for copy and pasting into a WikiTree profile. The developer recommends using <code>Title Given "Nickname" SURNAME Suffix</code> [[Gramps_5.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Display_Name_Editor|custom name format]] in preferences. | + | The {{man label|Biography Quickview}} shows a basic Biography based on the Events of the first '''selected Person''' in your Family Tree. The purpose was to create a text summary of a person with events... suitable for copy and pasting into a WikiTree profile. |
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| + | The developer recommends using <code>Title Given "Nickname" SURNAME Suffix</code> [[Gramps_5.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Display_Name_Editor|custom name format]] in preferences. The Biography Quickview uses the “Common” name in the body of its report. The fallback order of “Common” name is: Call Name (if present), Nickname (if present), First name from the Given Name field. | ||
The [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Display_Name_Editor|name]], date, <!-- age, -->and [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Place_Format_Editor|place]] formats are controlled from the [[Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Display|Display tab]] of the Preferences. | The [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Display_Name_Editor|name]], date, <!-- age, -->and [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Place_Format_Editor|place]] formats are controlled from the [[Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Display|Display tab]] of the Preferences. | ||
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The Biography Quickview shows a basic Biography based on the Events of the first selected Person in your Family Tree. The purpose was to create a text summary of a person with events... suitable for copy and pasting into a WikiTree profile.
The developer recommends using Title Given "Nickname" SURNAME Suffix custom name format in preferences. The Biography Quickview uses the “Common” name in the body of its report. The fallback order of “Common” name is: Call Name (if present), Nickname (if present), First name from the Given Name field.
The name, date, and place formats are controlled from the Display tab of the Preferences.
The biography text is is based on the parents plus the dates and places of the following events with their sources:
- Birth
- Baptism
- Christening
- Marriage
- Death
- Burial
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Example Biography for Garner von Zieliński, Lewis Anderson Sr Anderson was born on 21 Jun 1855 in Great Falls, MT, USA. He married Martel, Luella Jacques on 1 Apr 1875 in Paragould, Greene, AR, USA. He died on 28 Jun 1911 in Twin Falls, Twin Falls, ID, USA at the age of 56 years, 7 days. Sources
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Usage
You can activate the Quick View by right-clicking on a person's name in the People Category View. Then select Quick View > Biography.
Tips
- Quick Views can also be used within the Quick View shell Gramplet.
See also
- Create new QuickView for Person Biography [gramps42] Pull Request #90 - GitHub 17 Sep 2017
- Discourse: Hack to add spouse parents to the Biography QuickView
