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Gramps is software (packaged for several [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system operating system] computer environments and [[Portal:Translators#status|languages]]) designed for genealogical research. Although similar to other genealogical programs, Gramps offers some unique and features which we'll discuss below.

Gramps is [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS)], which means you are free to make copies, to customize the code, and to distribute it to anyone you like. It is developed and maintained by a worldwide team of volunteers whose goal is to make Gramps powerful, yet easy to use.
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== Why use Gramps? ==

Most genealogy programs allow you to enter information about your ancestors and descendants. Typically, they can display family relationships through charts, graphs, or reports. Some allow you to include pictures or other media. Most let you include information about people even if those people are not related to the primary family you happen to be researching. And they may include features that let you exchange data with other programs and print different types of reports.

Gramps has all these capabilities and more. Notably, it allows you to integrate bits and pieces of data as they arise from your research and to put them in one place -- your computer. You can then use your computer to manipulate, correlate, and analyze your data, rather than messing with reams of paper.
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== Typographical conventions in the Gramps Wiki Manual ==
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<onlyinclude>In this book, some words are marked with special typography:
* [[Write_a_%22How_Do_I...%22_Article#Create_a_page|Internal links]] (aka: hotlinks, hyperlinks) mark terminology or procedures that are explained more completely elsewhere (on the same webpage or on another webpage) internally within the Gramps-Project wiki.

* [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links External links] mark terminology that is not specific to Gramps where well-defined explanations can be found on a website external to the Gramps-Project wiki.

*Applications

*<pre>Commands you type at the command line</pre>

*''Filenames'' or <code>Filenames</code>

*<tt>''Replaceable text''</tt>

*{{man label|Labels}} for buttons and other portions of the graphical interface. A trailing ▴ and ▾ in a column header indicates the sort order for table column. ◂ more headers or tabs ▸

*{{man tooltip|Hint text}} for hover or roll-over hints (aka Tooltips) that identify elements of the graphical interface

*Menu selections look like this: {{Man menu|Menu -> Submenu -> Menu Item}} (Spaces should enclose the <code>-></code> to make webpage auto-translation recognize menu words.) Gramplet pop-up menus are marked with a {{man button|&or;}} (''Down Arrowhead'' button).

*{{man button|Buttons}} you can click

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disclosure_widget Disclosure triangle] node {{man button|▶}}expand or {{man button|▼}}collapse disclosure triangular widget. All the nodes of the tree view mode can be simultaneously collapsed or expanded from the pop-up menu shown by right-clicking.

*{{Man key press|CTRL|D}} [[Gramps_5.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Keybindings|Key combinations]] you can press on your Keyboard.

*<tt>Anything you type in</tt>

*{{checkbox|1|Checked}} - Checkbox that is ☑ selected
*{{checkbox|0|Unchecked}} - Checkbox that is ❏ unselected
*[[File:RadioButton_Selected.png|21px]] - Radio button that is ◉ selected
*[[File:RadioButton_Deselected.png|21px]] - Radio button that is 🔘 deselected

* Abbreviated [[Genealogy_Glossary#latin|Latin notations]]: <abbr title="exempli gratia - Latin phrase meaning 'for example'">e.g.</abbr>, <abbr title="et cetera - Latin phrase meaning 'and so on'">etc.</abbr>, <abbr title="id est - Latin phrase meaning 'that is'">i.e.</abbr>, <abbr title="nota bene (singular), notate bene (plural) - Latin phrase meaning 'note well'">N.B.</abbr>, <abbr title="post scriptum - Latin phrase meaning 'postscript - after what has been written'">P.S.</abbr>, <abbr title="videlicet - Latin phrase meaning 'namely'; 'to wit'; 'precisely'; 'that is to say'">viz.</abbr>, <abbr title="versus - Latin phrase meaning 'against'">vs,</abbr>

The manual also provides assorted bits of additional information in tips and notes as follows:

{{man tip| 1=Example Tip |2=Tips and bits of extra information will look like this.}}

{{man note| Example Note |Notes will look like this.}}

Finally, there are [[Gramps_5.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Error_and_Warning_Reference|warnings]], notifying you where you should be careful:

{{man warn| Example Warning |This is what a warning looks like. If there's a chance you'll run into trouble, you will be warned beforehand.}}</onlyinclude>
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-Gramps is software designed for genealogical research (and packaged for several [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system operating system] computer environments and [[Portal:Translators#status|languages]]). Although similar to other genealogical programs, Gramps offers some unique and features which we'll discuss below.
+'''Gramps''' is software designed for genealogical research (and packaged for several [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system operating system] computer environments and [[Portal:Translators#status|languages]]). Although similar to other genealogical programs, Gramps offers some unique and features which we'll discuss below.
 Gramps is [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS)], which means you are free to make copies, to customize the code, and to distribute it to anyone you like. It is developed and maintained by a worldwide team of volunteers whose goal is to make Gramps powerful, yet easy to use.

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 Gramps has all these capabilities and more. Notably, it allows you to integrate bits and pieces of data as they arise from your research and to put them in one place -- your computer. You can then use your computer to manipulate, correlate, and analyze your data, rather than messing with reams of paper.
-== Typographical conventions in the Gramps Wiki Manual ==
+== <span id="Typographical conventions">Typographical conventions in the Gramps Wiki Manual</span> ==
 </span>
 <onlyinclude>In this book, some words are marked with special typography:
 * [[Write_a_%22How_Do_I...%22_Article#Create_a_page|Internal links]] (aka: hotlinks, hyperlinks) mark terminology or procedures that are explained more completely elsewhere (on the same webpage or on another webpage) internally within the Gramps-Project wiki.

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 Gramps is software (packaged for several [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system operating system] computer environments and [[Portal:Translators#status|languages]]) designed for genealogical research. Although similar to other genealogical programs, Gramps offers some unique and features which we'll discuss below.

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-*{{Man key press|CTRL|D}} [[Gramps_5.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Keybindings|Key combinations]] you can press on your Keyboard.
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-Finally, there are [[Gramps_5.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Error_and_Warning_Reference|warnings]], notifying you where you should be careful:
+Finally, there are [[Gramps_6.0_Wiki_Manual_-_Error_and_Warning_Reference|warnings]], notifying you where you should be careful:
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