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The 'merge' function allows you to combine separately listed people into one. This is very useful for combining two databases with overlapping people, or combining erroneously entered differing names for one individual.
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To easily merge two people, select them both (a second person can be selected by holding the Control key while clicking) and clicking on <b>Edit > Fast Merge</b>.
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GRAMPS maintains a list of previous Active People. You can move forward and backward through the list using <b>Go > Forward</b> and <b>Go > Back</b>.
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Located in
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Tired of having to take your hand off the keyboard to use the mouse? Many functions in GRAMPS have keyboard shortcuts. If one exists for a function it is displayed on the right side of the menu.
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Located in
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Don't forget to read the GRAMPS manual, <b>Help > User Manual</b>. The developers have worked hard to make most operations intuitive but the manual is full of information that will make your time spent on genealogy more productive.
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<b>GRAMPS Manual</b>: The GRAMPS manual is quite elaborate and well written. It includes details on keybindings and includes some useful tips that will help you in your genealogy work. Check it out.
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GRAMPS is the Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Program System. It is a full-featured genealogy program letting you store, edit, and research genealogical data. Gramps database back end is so robust that some users are managing genealogies containing hundreds of thousands of people.
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Genealogy isn't only about dates and names. It is about people. Be descriptive. Include the <b>why</b> of how things happened, and how descendants might have been shaped by the events they went through. Narratives go a long way in making your family history come alive.
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GRAMPS has been translated to 15 languages. If GRAMPS supports your language and it is not being displayed, set the default language on your machine and restart GRAMPS.
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Located in
data/tips.xml:466
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Relationship calculators in GRAMPS are available in ten languages.
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