User manual ANCESTRY FAMILY TREE MAKER 2006 QUICK START GUIDE

[. . . ] MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Operating System: Microsoft Windows 98/ME/XP Component: CPU/RAM: For Windows 98/ME, a 300 MHz Pentium II or compatible processor and 32 MB of memory (RAM); For Windows XP, a 333 MHz Pentium II or compatible processor, and 128 MB of memory (RAM) Free Hard Drive Space: 150 MB prior to installation Video: Super VGA (800x600) video adapter (1024x768 recommended); Hi-color (16-bit) color quality CD-ROM Drive: For installation only. This drive must be part of your system, as opposed to a drive that you access via a network. Note: The CD-ROM drive does not need to be Kodak-compatible unless you want to insert Kodak Photo CD pictures into your Scrapbooks. Other: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6. 0 or later. (A full install package for Internet Explorer 6. 0 is provided if your system does not already have it. ) System Configuration: May require minor adjustments to the configuration of your operating system and/or updates to the hardware component drivers. [. . . ] Fill in the Birth date, Birth place, Death date, Death place, Marriage Date, and Marriage Place fields for the husband and wife, if known. Family Tree Maker will automatically fill in the child's last name for you based on the husband's last name. If this is incorrect, you can continue to type over the suggested name. Click on each subsequent field in the row to fill in additional information about the child. Then, click in the Name field on the next row to begin entering another child's name. You can easily navigate to a new Family View to continue entering information about individuals by clicking on the Parents button or clicking the blue arrow button next to a child's name. Viewing Information in Pedigree View While you can enter, edit, and view information in Family View and Pedigree View, the focus of Family View is entering information with limited navigation, and the focus of Pedigree View is navigating with limited editing. You can access the Pedigree View by clicking the Pedigree View button on the toolbar. Note: Do not confuse the navigable Pedigree View with the pedigree chart. The Pedigree View (see Figure 3) consists of a tree that shows one individual followed by the individual's parents, then grandparents, then great-grandparents, then great-great-grandparents, and so on. Click on Generations at the bottom of the Pedigree View to select the number of generations you would like to view on the window at once, from three to seven generations. Click the Index button in the Pedigree View Side Panel to see a list of all names that have been entered into the Family File. Click on a name in the Index to make that person the new root individual in the Pedigree View. 13 3. Double-click on a name in the Pedigree View to open that individual's Edit Individual dialog box. Click on any field in the Pedigree View that reads "Add Mother" or "Add Father" to add their names. Click the Spouses and Children button in the Pedigree View Side Panel to view the spouse and children of the highlighted individual in the Pedigree View. Click the arrows to the right of the Pedigree View to navigate to ancestors that are in generations prior to the one on the current window. The Pedigree View, set to show 4 generations. Working with the Edit Individual Dialog Box The Edit Individual dialog box (see Figure 4) enables users to view and record details about each individual in a dialog box that can be easily accessed from several areas of the program. The Edit Individual dialog box is multi-tabbed and can be accessed from the Edit button in the Family View, the Edit button in the Pedigree View, or the Edit Individual selection from the People menu. 14 The tabs include: General--Includes the individual's name, sex, title, birth and death dates and places. Facts--Includes any additional general facts, such as adoption, immigration, education, military service, nationality, retirement, and so on. Notes--Make notes about the individual, for example, stories passed down through the generations, experiences while researching, and so on. You should record source information in the Source-Citation dialog box, not the Notes tab; otherwise, the information won't be included in reports. Medical--Record height, weight, cause of death, and other medical information. [. . . ] Begin your Family Homepage by selecting Create a Family Home Page from the Internet menu. So you can protect your family's privacy, Family Tree Maker offers a way to privatize your files so you can record essential information without making it public. This step hides all information except name, gender, and family links. Information entered in notes and book text items will not be privatized. [. . . ]