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Main Window

Ancestris's Main Window is the one you see when the software opens.

In case no genealogy is opened, only the Welcome page appears.

If a genealogy opens up, you will see several windows showing different elements of this genealogy.

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This window has a title, a menu bar, a toolbar, and a workspace that contains the different views of one or more genealogies on which you are working.

Title

Without genealogy, the title bar looks like this :

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If one ore more genealogies are open, the title is prefixed with the genealogy name, like this:

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If you have several genealogies open, the title indicates the one currently selected.

Menu Bar

The Menu Bar is right below the title bar.Title. It allowslets toyou access most of the commands, grouped under sub-menus.

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Please, see Menu Bar for more information.

Toolbar

The Toolbar is right below the Menu Bar. It contains themost mostcommonly used commands, under the form of icons.

It is customizable. To do so, go to menu Options / Configure Toolbars. There you can checkchoose the boxes with differentwhich categories of icons to show.display.

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Please, see Tools Bar for more information.

Workspace

The rest of the main window is your workspace. It is the yellow part of the image below. It is organised in different windows, each one with its own specific function. For example :

  • TheViews views allow visualisingdisplay your genealogy inalong different manners:formats: tree, timeline, chart,charts, lists. By default, these views are atlocated on the left hand part of the screen, or below, which is the case of the entity table.
  • The Editors allow you to change your genealogy. By default, we can find them toon the right hand part of the screen.
  • The Tools : reports, multimedia management, anomalies checking, duplicates search, etc. are usually on the left hand side of the screen.

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