9781593312701

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!

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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