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Genealogical information is very broad and can be extremely detailed. Displaying it poses a challenge that GRAMPS takes on by dividing and organizing the information into a series of Views. Each View displays a portion of the total information, selected according to a particular category. This will become clearer as we explore the different Views, listed below:
*Gramplet View: Displays different Gramplets, small widgets that can help in your genealogical research. *People View: Displays the list of people in the databasefamily tree
*Relationships View: Shows the relationships between the Active Person and other people. This includes parents, spouses, and children
*Family List View: Shows the list of families in the database family tree
*Pedigree View: Displays a graphical ancestor tree for the selected person
*Events View: Displays the list of events in the databasefamily tree *Sources View: Displays the list of sources in the family tree
*Sources Places View: Displays the list of sources places in the databasefamily tree
*Places Media View: Displays the list of places media objects in the databasefamily tree
*Media Repositories View: Displays the list of media objects repositories in the databasefamily tree.
*Repositories Notes View: Displays the list of repositories notes in the databasefamily tree.
Before we launch into a description of each View, let's first explain how to switch between Views.
As mentioned above there are nine ten different Views. In addition, there are two different Viewing Modes. You can tell at a glance which Viewing Mode you are in: If you see icons listed vertically in a sidebar at the left of the window, you are in the Sidebar Viewing Mode.
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If instead you see a series of "notebook tabs" (labeled People, Relationships, Family List, Pedigree, Events, Sources, Places, Media , Repositories and RepositoriesNotes) that run horizontally across the window, then you are in the Tabbed Viewing Mode. You can switch from one Viewing Mode to another by selecting ''' View ->Sidebar ''' from the Sidebar menu item.
If you're in the Sidebar Viewing Mode, you can select the View you want by clicking one of the sidebar icons.
If you're in the Tabbed Viewing Mode, you can select the View you want by clicking the corresponding notebook tab.
== Gramplets View ==
[[Image:Grampletsview.png|right|thumb|200px|Fig.2.z Gramplets view]]
The Gramplets view shows a number of widgets, called Gramplets, that can help you in your research. Two Gramplets are shown on start-up (the Welcome and Top Surname Gramplets), but by right-clicking on the view, a popup comes up with the possibility of adding other Gramplets.
For more detailed information see [[Gramps 3.0 Wiki Manual - Gramplets|Gramplets]]. Here we give an overview of the functionalities.
*Age on Date Gramplet: This gramplet computes the ages for everyone in your Family Tree on a given date
*Calendar Gramplet: Shows events on particular days and years
*News Gramplet: Retrieves the News page from the GRAMPS wiki
*Pedigree Gramplet: Shows a compressed Pedigree Chart of past direct ancestors. Also gives a breakdown by generation. Click the links to see matching entries
*Python Gramplet: Shows a window with a Python Shell. This is especially handy as a Date calculator, or for a quick access to Python
*Session Log Gramplet: Shows a log of entries accessed, edited, for deleted for this session.
*Statistics Gramplet: Shows a window with summary statistics of the current {{man label|Family Tree}}: number of individuals, males and females, number of families, media objects, etc.
*Surname Cloud Gramplet: Shows a window with a '''cloud''' of the most common {{man label|Surnames}}.
*TODO Gramplet: In this window you can add yout TODO list, or any notes. Several TODO gramplets can be made to help organize your research
*Top Surnames Gramplet: Shows your '''top 10''' Surnames
*Welcome Gramplet: A '''Welcome to GRAMPS''' window
== People View ==
The People View lists the people stored in the database. You'll note that people are grouped according to their family names. To the left of each family name is typically either an arrow or some other type of indicator. Clicking it once will reveal the entire list of people sharing that name. Clicking the indicator again will "roll up" the list and show only the family name.
By default, the People View, displays the several columns of information about each person. You can add or remove columns to and from the display by calling up the '''Column Editor''' dialog ( ''' Edit ->Column Editor ''' ) and checking or unchecking the boxes listed. You can also change the position of a column in People View by clicking and dragging it to a new position in the Editor. Once you have made the changes you want, click '''OK''' to exit the Editor and see your changes in the People View.
{{man note| Column Editor |The Column Editor is available in all Views and works the same way in each.}}
*Parents: The next section, the Parents section, displays the families in which the person is a child. Since it is possible for a person to have multiple sets of parents, it is possible to have several Parents sections.
You can control how much information is displayed by using the View menu. The view menu allows you to show or hide details (the birth and death information) and to show or hide siblings. Next to each person listed is an '''{{man button|Edit''' }} button, which will allow you to edit all the details of that particular person.
You may add a new set of parents by either selecting the '''Add Parents''' or the '''Share Parents''' . The '''{{man button|Add Parents''' }} button will create a new family with the Active Person listed as a child. The '''{{man button|Share Parents''' }} button will allow you to choose from a list of existing families, and then add the person as a child to that family.
You may edit an existing parents by selecting the '''{{man button|Edit''' }} button next to the parents. If you select the '''Delete''' next to a set of parents, then the Active Person will be removed as a child from the parents. This button does not delete the parents' relationship.
{{man warn| Warning |If you are not careful, it is possible to create multiple families with the same parents. This is rarely what the user wants to do. If you attempt to add a new family that has the same parents as an existing family, GRAMPS will issue a warning dialog. If you get this dialog, you should probably Cancel the edit, and then use the '''Select''' button to select the existing family.}}
The list of Sources can be sorted by clicking on a column heading.
Clicking once sorts in ascending order, clicking again sorts in descending order. The '''{{man label|Column Editor''' }} dialog can be used to add, remove and rearrange the displayed columns.
== Places View ==
A repository can be thought of as a collection of sources.
Each source in the database can reference a repository (such as a library) in which it belongs. The functionality of the Repositories View is similar to the other views.
== Notes View ==
[[Image:Notesview.png|right|thumb|200px|Fig.1.y Notes view]]
Version 3.0 added support for Notes. A Note is pure text, as stored in the other objects.
The functionality of the notes View is similar to the other views. The view lists all {{man indexlabel|Gramps 3Notes}} stored in the {{man label|Family Tree}}.0 Wiki Manual With the '''Edit - Getting Started>Column Editor''' you can change the displayed columns. The possibilities are {{man label|Preview}}, {{man label|ID}}, {{man label| Type}} and {{man label|Gramps 3.0 Wiki Manual - Manage Family TreesMarker}}.
The {{man label|Type}} can be (amongst others): ''Event Note'', ''Adress Note'',''Source text'', ''Place Note''
Double-clicking on a Note in the list will bring up a window where you can edit the Note. You can change fonts, font color and backgroundcolor. A spellchecker is available for ''English'' and your local language.
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