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Gramps is a software package (packaged for several [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system operating system] computer environments and [[Portal:Translators#status|languages]]) designed for genealogical research. Although similar to other genealogical programs, Gramps offers some unique and features which we'll discuss below.
Gramps is an [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software Free and Open -Source software packageSoftware (FOSS)], which means you are free to make copies , to customize the code, and to distribute it to anyone you like. It's is developed and maintained by a worldwide team of volunteers whose goal is to make Gramps powerful, yet easy to use.
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== Why use Gramps? ==
Gramps has all these capabilities and more. Notably, it allows you to integrate bits and pieces of data as they arise from your research and to put them in one place -- your computer. You can then use your computer to manipulate, correlate, and analyze your data, rather than messing with reams of paper.
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== Typographical conventions in the Gramps Wiki Manual ==
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<onlyinclude>In this book, some words are marked with special typography:
* [[Write_a_%22How_Do_I...%22_Article#Create_a_page|Internal links]] (aka: hotlinks, hyperlinks) mark terminology or procedures that are explained more completely elsewhere (on the same webpage or on another webpage) internally within the Gramps-Project wiki.
* [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links External links] mark terminology that is not specific to Gramps where well-defined explanations can be found on a website external to the Gramps-Project wiki.
*Applications
*[[File:RadioButton_Deselected.png|21px]] - Radio button that is 🔘 deselected
* Abbreviated [[Genealogy_Glossary#latin|Latin notations]]: <abbr title="exempli gratia - Latin phrase meaning 'for example'">e.g.</abbr>, <abbr title="et cetera - Latin phrase meaning 'and so on'">etc.</abbr>, <abbr title="id est - Latin phrase meaning 'that is'">i.e.</abbr>, <abbr title="nota bene (singular), notate bene (plural) - Latin phrase meaning 'note well'">N.B.</abbr>, <abbr title="post scriptum - Latin phrase meaning 'postscript - after what has been written'">P.S.</abbr>, <abbr title="videlicet - Latin phrase meaning 'namely'; 'to wit'; 'precisely'; 'that is to say'">viz.</abbr>, <abbr title="versus - Latin phrase meaning 'against'">vs,</abbr>
The manual also provides assorted bits of additional information in tips and notes as follows:
