The Official Guide To Family Tree Maker 2005,9781593312701

The Official Guide To Family Tree Maker 2005

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ISBN13: 9781593312701
ISBN10: 1593312709
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-10-31
Publisher(s): Myfamily.Com
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Summary

For more than 10 years, "Family Tree Maker has been America's #1-selling and top-rated family tree program. This book is your complete guide to using the software to create a family history that you and your family will treasure for years to come. This informative guide with teach you how to get started by entering what you know by simply filling in the names of your family. Then, with its advanced features, you can search CD-ROM databases and the Internet for more ancestors. You'll also learn how to share your family tree, instantly create a variety of trees, reports, and more with a click of your mouse. Your family and friends will be delighted!

Table of Contents

Introduction xviii
Part I Introduction to Family Tree Maker
1(30)
Getting Started with Family Tree Maker
3(10)
Starting Family Tree Maker 2005
4(1)
The Welcome Screen
5(1)
Creating a New Family File
6(1)
Opening an Existing Family File
7(1)
Entering names
8(4)
Exiting Family Tree Maker
12(1)
Learning General Family Tree Maker Features
13(18)
Using Menus
14(2)
Using Toolbars
16(1)
Understanding Dialog Boxes and Scroll Bars
16(1)
Exploring Family View and Associated Features
17(6)
Exploring Pedigree View
23(1)
Exploring Tree Charts
24(5)
Exploring Reports
29(2)
Part II Building Your Tree and Navigating in Family Tree Maker
31(182)
Entering Information About a Family in Family View
33(150)
Begin your Family File using Family View
34(149)
Creating Specialty and Custom Reports
183(30)
Viewing and Formatting Specialty Reports
184(1)
Family Group Sheet
185(6)
Outline Descendant Report
191(4)
Kinship Report
195(1)
Alternate Facts Report
196(1)
Address Report
196(1)
Medical Information Report
197(1)
Birthdays of Living Individuals Report
198(1)
Marriage Report
198(1)
Parentage Report
199(1)
Data Errors
199(1)
Timeline
200(1)
Maps
201(2)
Calendar
203(2)
Mailing Labels and Cards
205(1)
Custom Reports
206(5)
Exporting Reports to Other File Formats
211(2)
Part III Searching With Family Tree Maker
213(28)
Using Family Tree Maker to Help You Research Your Tree
215(14)
Understanding the Automatic Search Feature
216(1)
Setting a Search Criteria
217(1)
Viewing Web Search Report
217(6)
Using the Web Merge Wizard
223(6)
Searching Data CDs
229(12)
Navigating in a data CD
232(2)
Reading Pages
234(1)
Searching for Names: The Search Expert
235(3)
Working with Matches
238(2)
Exiting a Data CD
240(1)
Part IV Sharing Your Research with Others
241(72)
Creating a Family History Book
243(28)
Selecting Specific Reports and Trees to Include
245(4)
Organizing Selected Items
249(4)
Adding Additional Text
253(2)
Working with Images
255(2)
Adding Page Breaks
257(1)
Creating an Index
258(2)
Adding to a Book
260(6)
Finalizing and Sharing Your Book
266(5)
Creating Your Personal Family Tree Maker Home Page
271(18)
Creating Your First Home Page
272(4)
Enhance Your Homepage
276(2)
Adding Charts, Reports, and Books to your Home Page
278(5)
Adding Photographs to your Home Page
283(2)
Removing Items from your Home Page
285(4)
Working with Other Family Files
289(24)
Exporting All or Part of Your Family File
290(2)
Working with Older Versions of Family Tree Maker Family Files
292(2)
Importing a GEDCOM File to an Existing Family File
294(7)
Importing a File from Ancestry Family Tree
301(3)
Opening Two Family Files to Compare
304(1)
Merging Two Family Files
305(6)
Saving a Backup of Your Family File
311(2)
Part V Working with Preferences and Tools
313(26)
Setting Family Tree Maker Preferences
315(14)
General Tab
316(4)
Editing Tab
320(3)
Dates Tab
323(1)
Date labels
324(1)
Labels, Titles, LDS tab
325(1)
Images Tab
326(1)
Reference Numbers Tab
327(2)
Using Family Tree Maker Tools
329(10)
Using Relationship, Soundex, and Date Calculators
330(4)
Viewing General Statistics on your Family File
334(5)
Part VI Appendixes
339(12)
Installing Family Tree Maker 2005
341(6)
Choosing Components
344(2)
Uninstalling Family Tree Maker
346(1)
Using Keyboard Shortcuts
347(4)
Learning Keyboard Shortcuts
348(1)
Getting Help
348(1)
Working in Family Tree Maker
348(1)
Working with Text
349(1)
Selecting Text
349(1)
Copying and Pasting Text and Records of Individuals
350(1)
Glossary 351(6)
Index 357(8)
About the Author 365

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