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The Menu Bar onof Ancestris's main windowAncestris gives you access to everyall available command.actions via 7 menus.

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To easily find the actions/commands,actions you are looking for, here is the layoutorganisation we chose to adopt for Ancestris'sthe menus.

File Menu

GroupsThis menu regroups all the actions regardingto handlinghandle genealogy files.

• Create, open, close, save, import, merge, export, change its properties, add to favoritesfavourites
• Exit the application

Edit Menu

GroupsThis menu regroups all the actions regardingto changingmake global changes to your genealogical data.

• Undo / Redo
• Cut / Copy / Paste
• Find / Replace / Delete
• Generate Sosa numbers or otherD'Aboville numbering
• MarkingChange ID numbers
• Mark special individuals
• See modifications history

View Menu

GroupsThis menu regroups all the actions regardingto access to the genealogical views, that allow us to work with the data.
views.

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Tools Menu

GroupsThis menu regroups all the actions regardingto explorationexplore, ofmanipulate and analyse genealogical data.

• Genealogical Search,Search recoveramong deedAncestris datausers,
  
• RegistersConsult Recordsregisters records and use them to enrich your genealogy
• Miscellaneous utilities (date calculation, calculator)
• CheckVerify data (anomalies, duplicates)
• Analyse data (common ancestors, lists and reports)
• Publish locally on disk or on the Internet 
• Print the active view

Window Menu

GroupsThis menu regroups all the actions regardingto windowhandle handlingAncestris windows.

• Access to special windows
• Handling windows : open, close, anchor,float, clonedock, windowsclone, inset general,to full screen

Options Menu

GroupsThis allmenu regroups the main actions regardingto customisingcustomize Ancestris.

• Preferences
• PreferencesSave display settings
• Configure tools bar
• Update Ancestris
• Manage Plugins

Help Menu

GroupsThis menu regroups all the actions regarding documentation and how to get help and to help Ancestris.

• All the documentation
• Contact Ancestris Community
  support team
• Make a donation
• Ancestris website
• About Ancestris

 

Using the menus

Like the menu bar in many software programs, each menu in the Ancestris menu bar can be opened in two ways.

• or by clicking on it
• or by typing the key combination: <Alt> + the underlined letter in the name of the corresponding menu. For example, to open the Tools menu, type <Alt>+t.

Each menu has actions/commands. An action comprehends:

• the icon illustrating the action, when this icon exists
• the title of the action
• the keyboard shortcut to launch this action without going through the menu

Here is an example with the File menu

Similarly, each action can be initiated in several ways.

• either by clicking on it in the menu
• or when the menu is opened by typing the key combination: <Alt> + the underlined letter in the action name
• or when the menu is closed by typing the keyboard shortcut of the action (Ctrl-N or Ctrl-S in the example above)