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M y F a m i l y 2.0 Copyright (C) 1990 By PractiComp "Genealogical Software for IBM and Compatible Microcomputers" INTRODUCTION MyFamily 2.0 is a full featured software package designed for the maintenance of genealogical records and family histories. The program is menu driven and very easy to learn and to use. MyFamily 2.0 contains features normally found only in expensive commercial packages. MyFamily produces ancestor and descendant charts, individual and family sheets, event sheets, missing information sheets, various lists, blank forms, and a statistical report. A Query Builder enables the user to easily perform complex data queries. Reports may be viewed on screen, printed, or saved to disk. Additional features include macro keys, free form comment text, calendar utility, copying of selected records, and an easy data backup routine. You may also copy, delete, rename, or view files without leaving MyFamily. There are no limits placed on the number of children, previous marriages, or generations entered. A sample genealogy file SAMPLE.DBF is included on the program diskette so that you may easily try out the program's various features. You are encouraged to copy and distribute this program and the manual to others. If you like and intend to use MyFamily, a Shareware registration fee of $25.00 is requested. After registering the program you will receive information about future upgrades and unlimited telephone support. A conversion utility will also be provided to any users desiring to convert MyFamily version 1.1 files to the 2.0 format. Please send your check or money order to: PractiComp 7727 Kiowa Way Worthington, OH 43085 (614) 885-8640 T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S System Requirements...............................................1 Getting Started...................................................1 The Main Menu.....................................................2 Naming Files......................................................3 Creating a File...................................................4 Record Maintenance................................................5 Adding Records..................................................5 Editing Records.................................................6 The Add/Edit Screen.............................................6 Data Entry and Editing Keys/Commands..........................8 Programmable Macro Keys.......................................9 Entering the Spouse, Father, and Mother......................10 Entering Children............................................10 Previous Marriages...........................................11 Entering Comment Text........................................12 Entering Events..............................................12 Locating Records...............................................13 Deleting Records...............................................13 Copying Records................................................14 Record Count.....................................................15 Reports..........................................................16 Lists..........................................................16 ID Numbers...................................................16 Same Last Name...............................................16 Place of Birth...............................................17 Birthdates...................................................17 Death Cause..................................................17 Occupation...................................................17 Education....................................................17 Church.......................................................17 Military.....................................................17 Life Span....................................................18 Query Builder................................................19 Sheets.........................................................23 Individual...................................................23 Family.......................................................23 Events.......................................................23 Missing Info.................................................24 Statistics...................................................24 Blank Sheets.................................................24 Charts.........................................................25 5 Generation With Dates......................................25 5 Generation Without Dates...................................25 Descendants..................................................25 Blank Charts.................................................25 File Operations .................................................25 Select File ...................................................25 File Manager...................................................26 Copy File ...................................................26 Delete File..................................................26 Rename File..................................................26 View File....................................................27 Utilities........................................................27 Program Options................................................27 Calendar.......................................................30 Reindex........................................................31 Backup.........................................................32 Exiting the Program .............................................32 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS In order to run MyFamily you will need an IBM or IBM compatible microcomputer with 512 Kilobytes or more of RAM, and a hard drive. MyFamily will run under PC or MS DOS versions 2.0 or higher. A printer is required in order to obtain printed copies of reports. CONFIG.SYS FILE MyFamily requires that your DOS CONFIG.SYS contain a minimum FILE setting of 25. This file should be located in the root directory of drive C. If it does not exist, you will need to create it. You may use any text editor, or word processor, capable of saving files as ASCII text. You need to add, or modify if already present, the following two lines: FILES=25 BUFFERS=8 If the FILES or BUFFERS lines already exist and contain larger numbers than these you do not need to change them. GETTING STARTED To begin the program type: MY and press RETURN Note: The program will create a file called config.gen when the program is executed for the first time. This file contains configuration information for program operation and should not be deleted. KEYBOARD CONVENTIONS CTRL refers to the Control key. This key is used in combination with various other keys in the same manner as the Shift key. Instructions such as press CTRL HOME, mean to press and hold down the Control key, then press the HOME key, then release both keys. The ALT key is used in the same manner. PGUP refers to the Page Up key, PGDN to the Page Down key. Arrow keys refer to the four arrow keys used to control movement of the cursor. These may be found on the numeric keypad or in a separate area if using an enhanced keyboard. The NumLock key is used to toggle back and forth between the use of the keys which control cursor movement (arrows, Home, End, PGUP and PGDN) and the use of the numbers on the numeric keypad. If you do not have an enhanced keyboard the NumLock status must be off in order to use the arrow keys, PGUP/PGDN, Home and End. If these keys do not appear to be functioning properly, press the NumLock key. The Escape key may be used to abandon most operations. Pressing Escape when the program is waiting for input will usually return you to the previous menu. MyFamily 2.0 Page 1 THE MAIN MENU When the program starts you will see the title screen. Press any key to begin program operation. The Main Menu Screen is shown below: --------------------------------------------------------------- M Y F A M I L Y Files Records Lists Sheets Charts Utilities Quit File in Use: None ---------------------------------------------------------------- MyFamily uses a pulldown menu system. Each Main Menu option has an associated submenu. To display a submenu, first select the Main Menu option by either pressing the first letter of that option, or by using the left/right arrow keys to highlight the option and then pressing RETURN. Submenus for the Main Menu Options are displayed below: Files Records Sheets Select Add,Edit,Delete Individual File Manager Record Count Family Copy Events Missing Info Statistics Blanks Lists Charts ID Number 5 Generation With Dates Same Last Name 5 Generation Without Dates Place Of Birth Descendants Birthdates Blanks Occupation Education Church Utilities Military Options Life Span Calendar Death Cause Reindex Life Span/Death Cause Backup Query MENU NAVIGATION When a submenu is displayed on the screen, pressing the left or right arrow keys will display the submenu of the Main Menu option to the left or right, respectively, of the current option. Items may be selected from a submenu by using the up or down arrow keys to highlight the desired option and then pressing RETURN. To remove the submenu and return to the Main Menu press ESC. MyFamily 2.0 Page 2 NAMING FILES File names must be 8 characters or less. (consisting of letters, numbers, and any of the following symbols: $ % - @ { } ~ ` ! # ( ) &) For each genealogy file that you create, MyFamily will automatically create a series of associated files. For example if you created a file named WATSON.DBF the files shown below would also be created. Do not delete these additional files unless you plan to delete the genealogy file also. A brief description of each file follows the *. WATSON.DBF * The primary data file WATSON.DBT * Stores comment text WATSON.DBK * Stores parent/child relationships WATSON.DBX * Stores previous marriage information WATSON.DBE * Stores event information WATSO1.NTX * The NTX files maintain the various sorting WATSO2.NTX * orders required for program operaion WATSO3.NTX WATSO4.NTX WATSO5.NTX The index files (.NTX extension) are created automatically by replacing the last character in the file name with a number. Warning - A problem may occur when working with more than one genealogy file if the only character that is different in the file names is the last character in the name. For example if you have two files - one named JONESA and another named JONESB, these file names are identical except for the last character which is an A or a B. Due to the way the program creates index files this naming convention is unacceptable and will result in a loss of the information necessary for program operation. The solution is to name your files so that they differ in more than the last character. Acceptable: 1JONES, 2JONES, 3JONES AJONES, BJONES, CJONES JONES, BROWN, SMITH Unacceptable: JONES1, JONES2, JONES3 JONESA, JONESB, JONESC ** Note that this problem only occurs when you have several files with similar names stored in the same directory. MyFamily 2.0 Page 3 CREATING A FILE The File Line indicates the currently selected genealogy file. If no file has been selected you will see the following: File in Use: NONE Most program operations will be disabled until a file is selected. To create a new file choose the Files option from the Main Menu and the Select option from the submenu. The File Manager box will appear. Enter a file name at the Selected File prompt. You do not need to enter a file extension. If the file name entered is not found on the disk you will see the following message: Create New File: C:\MYFAMILY\WATSON.DBF? If this is a new file select the YES option and press RETURN. If your response is YES, the file will be created and you will be returned to the Main Menu. If the file was created successfully the File Line will display the name of the newly created file. If you are attempting to open a file that already exists, answer NO here. You would then be returned to the Main Menu (perhaps the file was not found because you spelled the file name wrong or have not specified the correct data path). Note that the program by default will save files to the drive/directory in which MyFamily is installed. You may specify a different directory to save data to, if desired, by setting the Data Path, see the Program Options section. The name of the file you are working with when you exit the program will be remembered. This file name will appear in the File Line as the selected file the next time you start the program. If this is the desired file you can proceed to work with that file, if not you can use Files, Select to choose a different file. MyFamily 2.0 Page 4 RECORD MAINTENANCE In order to add, edit, or delete records from the currently selected genealogy file, select the Records option from the Main Menu and then Add, Edit, Delete from the Records submenu. The RECORD MAINTENANCE screen will then appear. This screen displays the ID, Name and Birthdate of each individual, one person per row. You may scroll through the records, using the following keys: UP/DOWN Arrows - Move up/down one record at a time TAB - Moves forward 5 records SHIFT TAB - Moves backward 5 records T - Moves to the Top of the file B - Moves to the Bottom of the file At the RECORD MAINTENANCE screen the following options are available and will be described in more detail later. RETURN=Edit A=Add L=Locate ESC=Exit ADDING RECORDS [A] Records may be added to a file in any order. From the RECORD MAINTENANCE screen press A to Add a new record. You will see the following prompts on the screen. Enter the name of the person whose record is to be added to the file. Enter The Name Of The Person To Add: First: Middle: Last: Whether names are entered in upper or lower case has no effect on searching for that person in the file - but the names will appear in reports exactly as entered. Use the style that suits you - all upper case or mixed upper and lower case. Enter the full name of the desired individual. Enter the actual name, not the nickname. Use the maiden name for all married females. A first and last name must be entered -the middle name is optional. Extensions to a name such as Jr., Sr., III, etc. should be entered along with the last name. When the name is completed press RETURN on the last name field. You will be asked: Is the Name Entered Correctly? Check the name once more, if it is correct press RETURN to accept the default value of YES. If incorrect, select NO and you will be given another opportunity to make changes to the name. You may also make corrections to names later using the Edit option. If no names exist in the file which match the name you enter, the ADD RECORD Screen will appear immediately. If you enter a name that is already in the file, all individuals with matching names will be displayed. This is to prevent inadvertently entering the same individual into the file twice. The Mother, Father and Spouse (if known) of MyFamily 2.0 Page 5 each matching individual will also be displayed to help identify the person. If one of the matching records is in fact the record you were about to add the EDIT RECORD screen will appear. If none of the displayed records are the one you wanted to add, you will be asked if you want to add another person with the same name. Respond YES/NO to this question as appropriate. A NO response will return you to the RECORD MAINTENANCE screen. EDITING RECORDS [RETURN] At the RECORD MAINTENANCE screen, move the highlight bar to the record you would like to edit, either by using the Locate option or by using the cursor or TAB keys. Once the desired record is highlighted, press RETURN to edit that record. The following screen is used for both Adding and Editing records. The person who appears in the Add/Edit screen will be referred to in this manual as the current individual. THE ADD/EDIT SCREEN -------------------------------------------------------------------------- First Name: Middle Name: Last Name: ID# M/F: Nickname: Date Place Birth: Marriage: Death: Burial: Cause of Death: Residences: Occupation: Education: Church: Military: F1=Help F10=Save ESC=Exit/No Save ALT S=Spouse F=Father M=Mother C=Children P=Prev Marriages T=Text E=Events -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MyFamily 2.0 Page 6 The ADD/EDIT Screen is divided into three groups of information. Group 1 contains the name, sex, and nickname of the current individual. The sex field must be filled in and must contain an M or F for male or female. The ID number is automatically assigned by the program and may be used to easily locate an individual for other program operations such as editing, deleting, and printing or displaying information. A list of all persons and ID number's is available from the Lists option of the Main Menu. Group 2 contains the dates and places for the important life events. The format for date fields is mm-dd-yyyy. Date fields will accept numbers, spaces or a ?. The ? may be used when only part of a date is known. For example if a person was born in January 1899 but the day was unknown you could enter any of the following: 01-??-1899 01- -1899 01-?-1899 If a complete date is entered it will be converted to the following format for the lists, sheets and charts. 01-20-1899 will be converted to 20-Jan-1899. Group 3 consists of additional narrative information for the individual including the cause of death, residences, occupation, education, church and military. MyFamily 2.0 Page 7 DATA ENTRY AND EDITING KEYS/COMMANDS The F1 function key may be used to display help information regarding editing keys whenever the ADD/EDIT Screen is displayed. Press any key to exit the help screen and return to the ADD/EDIT Screen. A more extensive explanation of the editing commands follows. The commands marked with an * apply only to the ADD/EDIT Screen, all other commands may be used whenever information is requested by the program. For example - (entering filenames, entering peoples names, program options, etc.) Up arrow moves the cursor to the previous field (if any) Down arrow moves the cursor to the next field (if any) Right arrow moves the cursor right one character Left arrow moves the cursor left one character INS The insert key toggles between insert and typeover modes. When in insert mode new text may be typed and existing text will shift to the right. In typeover existing text will be typed over or replaced as new text is entered. A block cursor indicates insert mode, while an underline cursor indicates replace mode. CTRL right arrow moves to the beginning of the next word (in the same field only) CTRL left arrow moves to the beginning of the previous word (in the same field only) HOME moves the cursor to the 1st character in the field. END moves the cursor to the last character in the field. DELETE deletes the character at the cursor BACKSPACE deletes the character to the left of the cursor CTRL T erases all characters from the current cursor position to the end of the current word. CTRL Y erases all characters from the current cursor position to the end of the current field. *Up arrow when the cursor is in the first field of Group 2 will move the cursor to the first field of Group 1. *CTRL HOME moves the cursor to the first field of the current group. *CTRL END moves the cursor to the last field of the current group. *PGUP moves the cursor to the first field of the previous group. *PGDN moves the cursor to the first field of the next group. *F2 allows user to enter values for the Programmable Macro Keys *F10 saves the data as entered and returns to the RECORD MAINTENANCE screen. *ESC does not save any data entered on the EDIT/ADD screen, and returns to the RECORD MAINTENANCE screen. MyFamily 2.0 Page 8 PROGRAMMABLE MACRO KEYS [F2] Macro Key Values F4: [Enter data for Function Key F4 here ] F5: [ ] F6: [ ] F7: [ ] F8: [ ] F9: [ ] The macro keys are designed to save the user keystrokes when entering repetitive data. Pressing F2 when in the ADD/EDIT Screen displays the Macro Key box. Values for the 6 function keys, F4-F9, may be typed in here. When the first record is entered F4 will automatically be assigned the value that was entered for the Birthplace, F5 - the marriage place, F6 - the place of death, and F7 - the place of burial. These values may be replaced with any data you desire. F8 and F9 will initially be blank. The values you type in here stay in effect until you change them. They will be remembered from one program session to the next. To utilize these keys type in the desired information for the appropriate function key(s) press RETURN on the last field or PGDN to leave the Macro Key box and return to the ADD/EDIT Screen. Assume we have entered the following information for function key F4 in the Macro Key box and have returned to the ADD/EDIT Screen. F4: [Union County Marysville, Ohio ] We could position the cursor at the beginning of the birthplace field, press F4 and Union County Marysville, Ohio would automatically appear in the birthplace field. The function key F3 is a special Macro key which always contains the last name of the person whose record is being entered. This will be useful when entering the children of this individual. (More about this under Entering Children). ALT KEYS The bottom line of the ADD/EDIT screen is shown again below: ALT S=Spouse F=Father M=Mother C=Children P=Prev Marriages T=Text E=Events By using the ALT key in combination with the indicated letter you may enter additional information for the person whose record is currently displayed on the screen. For example, press ALT S to enter the current Spouse, or ALT T to enter comment Text. MyFamily 2.0 Page 9 ENTERING THE SPOUSE, FATHER, AND MOTHER [ALT S/F/M] Relationships are established for the spouse, father, and mother of the current individual in the same manner. The spouse entered should be the current one - see the Previous Marriages section for information regarding spouses from previous marriages. Enter the name of the current husband/wife, father, mother of this individual. If this person has already been entered in the file or another person with the same name exists in the file you will be asked to verify whether the correct record was located. If any of these relationships have already been established the name of the related individual will be displayed and you will be asked if the information is correct. Respond YES/NO as appropriate, if not correct you will be able to enter the correct name. For example: If Joe Smith's record was entered and he had a child, Mike Smith, when entering Mike Smith's record the program will already know who his father is and will display the message: Father is: Joe Smith ID# 102 Is this information correct? YES will accept the information as displayed, NO will allow you to enter a new father's name. ENTERING CHILDREN [ALT C] MyFamily places no limit on the number of children entered for each parent and accommodates children from previous marriages. Children need not be entered in birth order. The program will automatically arrange them in birth order for individual or family sheets and descendant charts. If children are entered when the father's record is entered, rather than the mother's, you will be able to take advantage of the F3 macro key, (assuming the last name of the child is the same as the father's). Press ALT C to Add, Remove, or display the children of the current individual. The children will be displayed in a separate window. You may press A to add a new child, or R to remove a child. When Adding a child, first enter the name of the child - you can use the F3 macro key to automatically enter the last name if appropriate. After the child's name is entered the program will attempt to determine the identity of the other parent. For example: Joe Smith married Mary White and had a son Mike Smith. If entering the children under Joe Smith and Mary White had already been entered as Joe's spouse the program would ask: Is Mary White the Mother? If she is, respond by pressing RETURN to accept the default answer YES. If not, select NO and you will be asked to enter the mother's name. If the name of the other parent is not known, press ESC when you are asked to enter it. Press R to remove a child. Removing a child does not delete the child from the file, but only removes the relationship between that child and the current individual. MyFamily 2.0 Page 10 PREVIOUS MARRIAGES [ALT P] Press Alt P to enter information about previous marriages. MyFamily places no limitations on the number of previous marriages. Previous spouses may be entered in any order. They will be arranged in order by date of marriage for the individual and family sheets. Previous marriage information will be displayed in a separate window on the screen. You may press A to add a previous marriage, R to remove a previous marriage or RETURN to edit the previous marriage information. When adding a previous spouse you will first enter his or her name. You will then be asked for additional information regarding the previous marriage, including the date married, the date the marriage ended, and the reason for the termination of the marriage. As with the children window, pressing R to remove a previous spouse does not delete that individual from the file, but only removes the relationship between that previous spouse and the current individual. MyFamily 2.0 Page 11 ENTERING COMMENT TEXT [ALT T] This option permits the user to enter free form comments for the current individual. This can be used to enter your own fields for each individual such as Baptism Date:, Hobbies:, etc. It may also be used to provide footnotes or verification of other facts. The amount of comment text permitted will depend upon the amount of memory installed in your computer. With 512K you should be able to enter up to 5 pages per individual; with 640K up to 10 pages. If you reach the limit of your computers memory you will see a warning message, your text will automatically be saved, and you will be returned to the ADD/EDIT screen If you receive this warning after entering only small amounts of comment text, make sure that no memory resident programs are installed. The following keystrokes may be used in the Comments Screen and are explained in the DATA ENTRY AND EDITING KEYS/COMMANDS section - INS, Delete, Backspace, CTRL right arrow, CTRL left arrow, CTRL T. The following keys function somewhat differently in the Comments Screen than in the ADD/EDIT Screen. HOME moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line END moves the cursor to the end of the current line CTRL HOME moves the cursor to the upper left position of the screen CTRL END moves the cursor to the lower right position of the screen PGUP/PGDN scrolls comment text up/down a screen at a time CTRL PGUP moves the cursor to the beginning of the comment CTRL PGDN moves the cursor to the end of the comment F6 deletes the entire line the cursor is on F7 (Reformat Paragraph) - Text will automatically wrap around to the following line, pressing RETURN is not necessary unless you specifically want the text to start on a new line. When text is deleted from a paragraph the text may need to be reformed if there appears to be too much blank space at the end of the line. Just position the cursor at the beginning of the paragraph and press F7. The text will automatically adjust. F10 Saves all entered text and returns to the ADD/EDIT screen. ESC Abandons the operation and returns to the ADD/EDIT screen. If text was entered it is not saved. If changes were made they are not saved. ENTERING EVENTS [ALT E] Press ALT E to display the Events window. The options are - RETURN to edit, A to Add, D to Delete or ESC to exit. All events entered here will be included in the events sheet. The events may be entered in any order. They will be sorted automatically by date when an event sheet is printed. The birthdate, marriage date, dates of previous marriages, birthdates of children, and dates of previous marriages are included in the event sheet automatically and should not be re-entered here. MyFamily 2.0 Page 12 LOCATING RECORDS [L] Press L at the RECORD MAINTENANCE screen to quickly locate a record. You will be asked first for the ID number of the person to locate. If you don't know the ID number, press RETURN and you will then be able to enter the name. When locating by name, you must enter the first and last names, the middle name is optional. If the name is used to locate the person, any matching records will be displayed and you will be asked to verify that the correct record was found. If an invalid ID number or invalid name is entered the message RECORD NOT FOUND will be displayed. If the record was located the highlight bar will move to that record. You may then press RETURN if you would like to edit that record. DELETING RECORDS [D] Deleting a record removes the record from the file permanently. Be certain that this is what you want to do, especially if the person to be deleted is related in any way to other people in the file. Let's assume you are deleting Joe Smith who has two children Mike and Carol Smith. Joe Smith will be removed from the file. Mike and Carol will still be in the file but will no longer show any father. At the RECORD MAINTENANCE screen, highlight the person you would like to delete. You may do this by moving the highlight with the cursor or TAB keys, or by using the Locate option. Once the person is highlighted, press D to delete. You will be asked to verify whether you really want to delete this person. If you respond with YES the person is deleted, if NO the record is left unaltered in the file. MyFamily 2.0 Page 13 COPY RECORDS When you select Copy from the Records submenu you are able to copy selected records from one file to another. If the receiving file does not exist it will be created. If the receiving file does exist the copied records will be added to any records that are already contained in the file. Copied individuals will maintain their ID numbers from the original file where possible. If an individual is copied who has an ID number that is the same as an individual in the receiving file, a new ID number will automatically be assigned. No relationships are retained between the copied individuals. For example assume Joe Smith and Mary White were married and each of their records were copied from a file named SMITH to a file named WHITE. The SMITH file would not be changed in any way. Both records would be contained in the WHITE file, but when the WHITE file is selected MyFamily would no longer recognize that Joe Smith and Mary White were married. You will need to edit the records and re-establish the necessary relationships between individuals. When this option is selected you will see a brief explanation of the Copy Records Process on the screen. You will be asked if you want to continue. Select NO to return to the Main Menu. If you continue with the Copy Records operation you will next be asked to select the file which contains the records to be copied. If a file is already selected, ie. appears in the File Line of the Main Menu screen, you will be asked if you want to copy records from this file. If you do not want to copy from the currently selected genealogy file, or no file is selected, you will be allowed to enter the name of the file to copy records from. Next you will be asked for the name of the file to receive the copied records. Each record will be displayed one at a time on the screen in alphabetical order by name, in the same format as the ADD/EDIT Screen. You may press T to move to the Top of the file. Press B to move to the bottom of the file. The other available options are displayed at the bottom of the screen and described below. RETURN - Pressing the RETURN key will copy the record displayed on the screen into the receiving file. The message **Record Copied** will appear, to indicate that the record has been copied. PGDN - Displays the next record in the file. If this record has been copied during this Copy Records session the **Record Copied** message will be displayed. If there are no more records in the file, the **End of File** message will be displayed. Press any key to remove the end of file message. PGUP - Displays the previous record in the file. If this record has been copied during this Copy Records session the **Record Copied** message will be displayed. If this is the first record in the file, the **Beginning of File** message will be displayed. Press any key to remove the beginning of file message. MyFamily 2.0 Page 14 F1 - Pressing F1 allows you to jump directly to any record in the file by entering the ID number of the desired individual. Note that this will only display the record. If you want to copy that record press RETURN after the record appears on the screen. After displaying the record you may use the PGUP/PGDN/F1 keys to move to another record. F10 - Press F10 when you are finished copying records and wish to return to the Main Menu. The **Record Copied** message will be displayed for all records that have been copied during a single session with the Copy Records option to prevent copying the same record twice as you page through the file. The next time that you select Copy Records, however, no records will be indicated as having been copied. RECORD COUNT This option will display the number of records contained in the currently selected file as well as an approximation of the number of records which may be added to this file given the amount of space remaining on the disk. This number is only an approximation, because the number of records which may be stored depends upon the amount of comment text entered. The record count displayed may not always agree exactly with the number of records appearing when, for example, you print a Name/ID list. The program will include records that have been deleted and not yet packed. If you find such a discrepancy Reindex the files (Utilities submenu) and select Record Count again. Press any key at the Record Count message, to return to the Main Menu. If no file has been selected an error message will be displayed. MyFamily 2.0 Page 15 REPORTS For all reports you have the option of including a Prepared By message, record count, and file name in the report. See the section on PROGRAM OPTIONS for setting these values. You also have the choice of directing all reports to the screen, to the printer, or to a disk file. To the Screen - This is the default value for all report types. This allows you to view and scroll through the report on screen. Reports directed to the screen will accept the following commands: Up/Down arrows move up/down one line at a time PGUP/PGDN scroll up/down one screen at a time T move to the Top of the report B move to the Bottom of the report ESC to exit Before printing to the printer make sure that the printer is on, and positioned at the top of a new page. For information about configuring your printer see the Program Options section. To a File - The report will be saved to a disk file using a file name selected by the user. The default extension is .TXT but may be changed. If a file already exists on disk with the same name it will be overwritten. To prevent accidentally overwriting any of your genealogy files do not use any of the following extensions: DBF, DBT, DBK, DBX, DBE, or NTX. The file will be saved as an ASCII text file which can be read by most word processors. You could enhance, or combine the reports with other documents using your favorite word processor. LISTS After making a selection from the Lists Submenu indicate the destination for the output - Screen, Printer, or File. ID NUMBERS This list contains the ID number, Last, First and Middle names for each person in the file. You have the option of ordering this list by name or ID number. SAME LAST NAME This list will contain all records with last names that match the last name you enter. If you do not enter a name, all of the records in the file will be included. The name may be entered in upper or lower case. However the search name will appear exactly as entered in the title of the report. A soundex search is performed so that names which sound alike will also be included. Partial and imbedded matches will also be included. For example: assume that you enter the name WATSON. The following names would all match and be included in the list: Watsen (soundex) Watsin (soundex) Watson-Ables (partial match) MyFamily 2.0 Page 16 PLACE OF BIRTH This lists all individuals born in the place specified by the user. This will perform a partial or imbedded match also. For example: if you want a listing of All Persons Born in Ohio you would enter OHIO, and any record that has the word OHIO anywhere in the birthplace field would be included. If you do not enter a birth place, all of the records in the file will be included. BIRTHDATES This list includes all persons whose birthdates fall in between the two dates (inclusive) entered by the user. This list may be ordered by (N)ame or (B)irthdate. (N) for name is the default order. If you entered 10/01/1899 for the start date and 01/01/1920 for the end date, all persons with birthdates between these two dates or equal to either date would be displayed. Either the starting date or the ending date may be left blank. If the starting date is left blank it will assume the date 01/01/100. If the ending date is left blank it will assume the date 01/01/2999. For example: if the starting date is left blank and the current date is entered for the ending date, all persons born on or after Jan. 01, 100 up to and including the current date would appear in the list. (All of the remaining lists are created in order by Name.) OCCUPATION Includes all persons whose occupation matches that entered by the user. Finds partial or imbedded matches also. For example: if you had entries such as English teacher, science teacher, high school teacher, teacher in a 1 room school house - the search phrase TEACHER would find them all. If you do not enter an occupation, all of the records in the file will be included. EDUCATION Includes all persons whose education matches that entered by the user. Finds partial or imbedded matches also. For example: if you had entries such as The Ohio State University, Miami University, and University of Houston- the search phrase UNIVERSITY would find them all. If you do not enter an education, all of the records in the file will be included. CHURCH Includes all persons whose church affiliation matches that entered by the user. Finds partial or imbedded matches also. For example: if you had entries such as Baptist Church of Delaware, Free Will Baptist Church, and Big Darby Baptist - the search phrase BAPTIST would find them all. If you do not enter a church, all of the records in the file will be included. MILITARY Includes all persons whose military service matches that entered by the user. Finds partial or imbedded matches also. For example: if you had entries such as - U.S. Army World War I, Union Army Civil War, and General in the Army the search phrase - ARMY would find them all. If you do not enter a military service, all of the records in the file will be included. MyFamily 2.0 Page 17 LIFE SPAN Lists all persons in the file for whom a complete birthdate and deathdate have been entered. It calculates and displays the age in years at the time of death. If the age is less than one year, INF will be displayed to indicate Infant. DEATH CAUSE Includes all persons whose cause of death matches that entered by the user. Finds partial or imbedded matches also. For example: if you had entries such as lung cancer, colon cancer, throat cancer, cancer of the lymph mode - the search phrase CANCER would find them all. If you do not enter a cause of death, all of the records in the file will be included. LIFE SPAN/DEATH CAUSE This list is a combination of the previous two lists. In order to print this list, your printer must be capable of printing compressed print. The list will include only those persons for whom a complete birth and death date have been entered. If a cause of death is entered by the user, the persons included will also have to match that cause of death. MyFamily 2.0 Page 18 QUERY A query is simply a request made to the program to search for all records in the selected file which match one or more conditions entered by the user. The query builder gives the user the capability of entering more complex conditions than that of the Lists described above. When you select the Query option you will see the following screen: QUERY BUILDER ( Field Operation Data Value ) And/Or -------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------- | | | <Show Window> | | | -------------------------------------------------------------- RETURN=Edit A=Add D=Delete S=Show ESC=Exit An example will illustrate the use of the Query Builder. This example uses data from the included sample file, so you may try it yourself. Suppose that we want to see a listing of all persons whose name sounds like Smith, who were born in Ohio from 1900 through 1959. Press A to Add a query condition. The cursor moves to the Field column. Pressing RETURN allows you to select from a list of possible field names. Use the cursor keys to highlight 'Last Name' and press RETURN. You will see 'Last Name' displayed in the Field column and the cursor will move to the Operation column. Press RETURN to select from the operations list. Highlight 'Sounds Like' and press RETURN. 'Sounds Like' will be displayed in the Operation column and the cursor will advance to the Data Value column. In this column enter the value that you want to find. Type in Smith and press RETURN. Leave the ')' column blank for now, just press RETURN. In the And/Or column type AND and then press RETURN. You have completed the first query condition. Now you need to add the remaining conditions. Press A to add each of the remaining conditions. When you have finished the screen should look like the following: ( Field Operation Data Value ) And/Or --------------------------------------------------------------- | |Last Name |Sounds Like |Smith | |AND | | |Birthplace |Contains |Ohio | |AND | | |Birthdate |Greater Than |12/31/1899 | |AND | | |Birthdate |Less Than |01/01/1960 | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------- MyFamily 2.0 Page 19 After you have entered one or more conditions you may press S to Show, in the lower window, the records that match the condition(s) you have entered. When these records are displayed you may scroll through them. Press P to print the Query. You will be able to specify whether you want the query sent to the Screen, Printer, or to a File. From the Show window press ESC to return to the QUERY window. The following field names appear in the selector box for the field column: Last Name Church Birthplace Military Birthdate Death Cause Occupation Years Lived Education The operations permitted on the Birthdate and Years Lived fields include: Equals Greater Than Less Than The operations permitted on the other fields include: Equals Doesn't Equal Contains Doesn't Contain Partial Match Sounds Like <Last Name field only> DESCRIPTION OF OPERATIONS For all operations described below, it does not matter whether you enter the data values in upper or lower case, ie - Smith will match SMITH. Equals The data value you enter has to match the value in the selected field beginning with the first character. For example, assume you have entered: Occupation Equals Programmer If the occupation field contains Computer Programmer, or Programmer Analyst, it would not be considered a match. Equals will most often be used with the Last Name field to find all names which exactly match the name you specify. Equals can also used with the Birthdate or Years Lived fields. For example: Birthdate Equals 03/21/1941 Years Lived Equals 75 MyFamily 2.0 Page 20 Doesn't Equal This finds all records which are not equal to the value you have entered. For example you could create a listing of all people in the file who do not have a certain last name. Last Name Doesn't Equal Watson Contains This will frequently be used for such fields as birthplace, occupation, education, church, military, or death cause. A record will match your data value if that data value is found anywhere within the selected field. For example, assume you have entered: Occupation Contains Programmer The following occupation fields would match: Programmer, Computer Programmer, Programmer Analyst, etc. Doesn't Contain This operation is used to find all records which do not contain the data value anywhere within the selected field. This could be used to find for example all persons who were not born in Ohio. Birthplace Doesn't Contain Ohio Partial Match This operation finds records who match all characters up to the number of characters you have entered in the data value. For example if you are looking for: Last Name Partial Match Wat The computer would only compare the first three characters in the Last Name field to see if they are Wat. Matches could include Watkins, Watson, Watt, etc. Sounds Like This operation is available for the Last Name field only and performs a soundex search, meaning all names that sound similar to the name you enter as the data value will be included. For example Smith would match Smith, Smythe, Smithe, etc. Last Name Sounds Like Smith Greater Than This operation is only available for the Birthdate and Years Lived fields. It is used to match records which contain Years Lived greater than the number you enter or Birthdates after the date you have entered. For example to list all persons who lived to be more than 90 years old you would enter: Years Lived Greater Than 90 MyFamily 2.0 Page 21 Less Than This operation is only available for the Birthdate and Years Lived fields. You could list all persons born prior to 1860 by entering: Birthdate Less Than 01/01/1860 USE OF PARENTHESES Suppose that you wanted a listing of all the Smythes and Garfields who were born in Ohio. You should enter the following conditions: ( Field Operation Data Value ) And/Or --------------------------------------------------------------- | ( |Last Name |Equals |Smythe | |OR | | |Last Name |Equals |Garfield | ) |AND | | |Birthplace |Contains |Ohio | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------- Note the left and right parentheses entered in the ( ) columns. The computer will always combine the conditions on either side of an AND, before conditions joined by an OR. If you leave the parentheses out and then press S the computer would show ALL of the Smythes regardless of where they were born, and all Garfields who were born in Ohio. By inserting the parentheses you are telling the computer to look for Smythes or Garfields, but only those who were born in Ohio. To enter a left parentheses you must press the up arrow when in the Field column. This will place you in the left parentheses column. Parentheses must always be balanced, i.e. for every left parentheses you enter you must also enter a right parentheses. To edit a query condition, move the highlight to the desired condition and press RETURN. When editing the field column, the field selection list will appear when you press RETURN on an empty field or a field that is not found in the list. The same applies to the operation column and the operation selection list. You may delete a query condition by highlighting that condition and pressing D to delete. MyFamily 2.0 Page 22 SHEETS INDIVIDUAL SHEET Individual sheets include all information entered for the selected individual including previous marriages, children and comments (if desired). Comment text, if included, will appear below the children, or below the cause of death if the individual has no children. Select the individual for the sheet by entering the ID number, or if the ID is not known press RETURN to enter the name. Only children of the individual for whom the sheet is being created will appear in the individual sheet. If a childs other parent is different from the current spouse of the selected individual a note will be included indicating this. For example: Assume Joe Smith and Mary White are married and together have a child, Carol Smith. Joe Smith also has a child, from a previous marriage to Ann Jones named Mike Smith. When an Individual Sheet is created for Joe Smith both children will be included but a comment will indicate that the Mother of Mike Smith is Ann Jones. If an Individual Sheet is created for Mary White only one child, Carol Smith, will be included. See the Program Options section for information about the inclusion of comments. FAMILY SHEET Comment text for both husband and wife will be included if this option is selected. When selecting the individual for whom the family sheet will be prepared, remember that the person selected, which may be either male or female, will appear at the top of the sheet: The Family Of: (name of person for whom the sheet is created) with his/her wife/husband appearing as the spouse. All children of either parent will be included. If the child has one parent that is not a part of the current family unit, this will be indicated with a note below the childs name showing the name of the other parent. If included, comments for the topmost individual will appear first. EVENTS Event sheets contain a listing of all events pertaining to the selected individual. The following dates are included automatically, if present, - birthdate, marriage date, birthdates of any children, dates of any previous marriages, and death and burial dates. Any dates entered using the ALT E (Events) command are also included in the Event Sheet. The events are automatically ordered by date from least to most recent. MyFamily 2.0 Page 23 MISSING INFO This sheet is a tool for use in determining which information is missing for individuals. The report will list all persons in the file, in order by name. The heading contains the following codes: FA MO SP BD MD DD BD BP MP DP BP. An X in that column indicates that that piece of information is missing. The number and code for each column is listed below along with a description of the information that column represents. 1) FA = Father's name 4) BD = Birth Date 8) BP = Birth Place 2) MO = Mother's name 5) MD = Marriage Date 9) MP = Marriage Place 3) SP = Spouse name 6) DD = Death Date 10) DP = Death Place 7) BD = Burial Date 11) BP = Burial Place STATISTICS The statistical report prints a listing of each family unit in the file. A family unit is defined as any husband/wife combination, with or without children, or any unmarried individual who has children. Beside each family unit will be the number of children in that family. The following is a sample of the summary data produced by this report. Children Per Family 0: 3 8: 0 Number Of Families: 31 1: 15 9: 0 Average Number Of Children: 1.9 2: 7 10: 1 Highest Number Of Children: 10 3: 2 11: 0 4: 2 12: 0 5: 1 13: 0 6: 0 14: 0 7: 0 15+: 0 This summary shows that there were three families with no children, fifteen families with one child, seven families with two children, etc. Life Span Summary < 1: 0 50-59: 4 Number Of Individuals: 80 1-9: 1 60-69: 4 Average Age At Death: 60 10-19: 1 70-79: 1 Oldest Age At Death: 101 20-29: 3 80-89: 5 30-39: 2 90-99: 2 40-49: 2 100+ : 2 The Life Span summary includes all individuals for whom both a birth and a death date have been entered, and shows the age distributions for these persons. For example two people lived to be 100 or over, five people lived to be between 80 and 89. BLANK SHEETS Blank individual or family sheets may be created to serve as templates to be filled out manually and later entered into the computer, or for mailing to relatives to gather information to be returned to you. Select INDIVIDUAL or FAMILY. MyFamily 2.0 Page 24 CHARTS 5 GENERATION CHARTS These options print 5 generation pedigree charts. The dates option determines whether the birth and death dates for each individual will be printed below the persons name. Select the individual for the chart by entering the ID number if known, or press RETURN to enter the name. Your printer must be capable of printing compressed print at 17 cpi (characters per inch) and 8 lines per inch (if printed with dates). See the Program Options section. DESCENDANT CHART This chart prints all descendants of a selected individual, grouping them by generation into children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, etc. Within each generation the descendants are grouped according to family unit, and within each family unit are ordered by date of birth. The individual is selected by entering the ID number or if the ID is not known pressing RETURN to enter the name. The number in the ID column is the ID number of the person on that line. The number in the parent column is the ID number of the parent of the person on that line. BLANK CHARTS Blank ancestor or descendant charts may be printed to be used to fill in information manually and later entered into the computer or for mailing to relatives to gather information to be returned to you. Select ANCESTOR or DESCENDANT. FILE OPERATIONS SELECT FILE Select File is used to create a new genealogy file or to open a file that has already been created. For an explanation of creating a new file see the Creating a File section. MyFamily can work with any number of genealogy files, however only one file may be selected at any given time. The name of the currently selected file will appear in the File Line of the Main Menu screen. The word NONE will appear if no file has been selected. Most Main Menu operations require that a file first be selected. Operations such as ADD,EDIT,DELETE/RECORD COUNT/LISTS/SHEETS/CHARTS all work on the currently selected file. MyFamily remembers the name of the file you were working on when you last used the program. When you start MyFamily this will appear as the File in Use. If this is the desired file you do not have to perform the Select command but may add, edit, etc. You may work with several different files during a single session with MyFamily - selecting a new file automatically closes the previously selected file. In order to select a genealogy file for use from the File Manager box you may use F2 and highlight the desired file, then press RETURN, or you may type the file name at the prompt. MyFamily 2.0 Page 25 FILE MANAGER The File Manager is provided to allow you to perform various file operations without having to exit MyFamily. The left side of the File Manager box contains a smaller directory box with a listing of file names. The files displayed in the directory box are all of the files in the default data directory which match the file mask. In the File Manager you will notice a 'Selected File' prompt. Do not confuse this with your selected genealogy file. The name of the selected genealogy file is always displayed on the Main Menu screen at the File In Use: prompt. Here the Selected File refers to the file name you have typed, or selected by using the F2 option. F2 Select File Pressing F2 will cause a highlight bar to appear in the directory box. You may use the up or down arrow keys to scroll through the file names to locate the desired file. Press RETURN to select the highlighted file. The selected file name will be displayed next to the 'Selected File:' prompt. A file must first be selected in order to use the Copy, Delete, Rename, or View options. F3 Change Mask The file mask may be altered by pressing F3. The masks may utilize the DOS wildcard characters ? and *. The * substitutes for any number of characters, where the ? substitutes for a single character. The mask *.* will display all files. *.DBF will display only the dBASE files (your primary genealogy files). After changing the mask, the directory box will be updated to display all files matching the new mask. F4 Change Path Press F4 to change the path if you would like to work with files that are not in the default data directory. Once you have typed in a new data path the directory box will be updated to display files in the new path which match the file mask. The Copy, Delete, Rename, and View operations all work on the selected file. A file name must be displayed at the 'Selected File:' prompt. Select a file by using the F2 option or by typing in the name of the file. F5 Copy Selected File After pressing F5 you will be asked for the name of the file to copy to. Type in the name and press RETURN. The selected file will then be copied to the file name you entered. F6 Delete Selected File You will be asked to confirm that you really want to delete the selected file. F7 Rename Selected File After pressing F7 you will be asked what you would like to rename the selected file. Type in the new file name and press RETURN. The selected file will then be renamed to the new file name. MyFamily 2.0 Page 26 F8 View Selected File This option will display the selected file on the screen. You may use the cursor keys and PGUP,PGDN to scroll through the file. Press 'T' to move to the top of the file and 'B' to move to the bottom of the file. This option will be used primarily to view report files or other ASCII text files. Press 'S' to perform a text search. Enter the text you wish to search for at the 'Text' prompt and press RETURN. The highlight will be moved to the line containing the first occurence of that text. Press 'R' to repeat the search. Note that you may use this option to view this manual from within MyFamily. UTILITIES PROGRAM OPTIONS The Options selection from the Utilities option of the Main Menu allows you to set or modify various program options. Program Options Current Date: User Name: Data Path: Printer Interface and Control Codes Compressed Print On: 27 15 Compressed Print Off: 18 Eight Lines per Inch: 27 48 Six Lines per Inch: 27 50 Printer Port: LPT1 Maximum Report Lines: 58 Use IBM Graphic Characters? Y Include Comment Text On Sheets? Y Include Prepared By? Y Include File Name? Y Include Record Count? Y CURRENT DATE: If your computer has a built in clock/calendar or you have set the date when you started up your computer the date should already be correct. If not you may change it. The date is used when the Prepared By message is included on Sheets or Charts. The format is mm/dd/yyyy. (All of the remaining options only need to be set one time.) USER NAME This is the name that you want to appear in the Prepared By message which may be included on reports. PRINTER PORT The printer port is the connection by which your printer is attached to your computer. Usually this is LPT1. If you are not sure leave the setting at LPT1 and change only if necessary. Other possibilities include LPT2, LPT3. MyFamily 2.0 Page 27 PRINTER CODES The printer codes shown above are required to print ancestor charts. The default settings are displayed for Epson or Epson Compatible printers. If you have such a printer you won't need to change these. If you have an Okidata Printer, the settings will be: Compressed Print On: 29 Compressed Print Off: 30 Eight lines per Inch: 27 56 Six lines per Inch: 27 54 The codes for an HP Laserjet or compatible are: Compressed Print On: 27 "&k2S" Note-small k, capital S Compressed Print Off: 27 "&k0S" Note-zero not 'oh' Eight lines per Inch: 27 "&l6C" Note-small 'el', capital C Six lines per Inch: 27 "&l8C" Enter these codes exactly as you see here including the quotes. Do not include the Note portion. If your printer does not appear to reset itself to normal type after printing in compressed mode, try taking out the 27 in the Compressed Print Off section. Some printers require this while others do not. If you can control your printer's type via a control panel or switch on the printer itself, you may leave these options blank and set the printer to the desired style before printing. If you need to look up the codes, find the section in your printer's reference manual which describes ESC codes. Examples are usually given in the printer manual using the BASIC programming language. For example to turn compressed printing on you should see something like - LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(15) 27 is the numeric code for the ESC key. This goes in the first box. The next code, 15 in this example, goes in the second box. Compressed Print On: 27 15 If the code shown includes quotes, be sure to include these when entering the code. For example you might see something like - LPRINT CHR$(27); "E" In this case you would enter the 27 in the first box and the "E" (with the quotes) in the second box. In some cases there may be only one code displayed in the printer manual, for example - LPRINT CHR$(18) In this case leave the first box blank and insert the code, 18 in this example, into the second box. MyFamily 2.0 Page 28 MAXIMUM REPORT LINES This number controls how many lines will be printed per page in the reports. This will probably be set somewhere between 55 and 60, depending upon your printer and personal taste. USE IBM GRAPHIC CHARACTERS If your printer can print these symbols and you enter Y here, they will be used on the 5 Generation Without Dates chart. INCLUDE COMMENT TEXT ON SHEETS This option controls whether the comment text will be include on Individual and Family sheets. INCLUDE PREPARED BY This controls whether the 'Prepared By: Username' and date messages appear on reports. INCLUDE FILE NAME If you enter Y here the file name will be included on all reports. INCLUDE RECORD COUNT If you enter Y here a count of the number of records printed will be include on Lists, Queries, and the Descendants chart. MyFamily 2.0 Page 29 CALENDAR The CALENDAR option displays a monthly calendar. The initial calendar displayed will be the month of the current date. The following keys are available when viewing the calendar. ----------------------------------------------------------------- May 1989 Up Arrow Previous Month Down Arrow Next Month Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa PgUp Previous Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 PgDn Next Year 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 RETURN Enter Date 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 D Date Difference 22 23 24 25 26 27 A Add 28 29 30 31 S Subtract ESC Exit ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Up/Down arrow keys change the calendar display to the previous/next month. PgUp/PgDn change the calendar display to the previous/next year (same month). ENTER DATE This option allows you to enter a date in the format mm/dd/yyyy. The calendar will change to reflect the year and month entered. DATE DIFFERENCE This option allows you to enter two dates. The difference between these 2 dates will be displayed in years and months. It is irrelevant in which order the 2 dates are entered. The earlier date may be entered first, the later second or vice versa. Press any key to return to the Date Calculator menu. Example: Date 1: 09/28/1985 Date 2: 05/30/1989 3 years 8 months ADD TO A DATE This option will tell you what the date will be a given number of days from the specified starting date. Enter the starting date and the number of days to add. The resulting date will be displayed. Press any key to return to the Date Calculator Menu. Example: Starting Date: 09/28/1985 Adding 6480 days (approximately 18 years) 06/26/2003 MyFamily 2.0 Page 30 SUBTRACT FROM A DATE This option will tell you what the date was a given number of days prior to the specified starting date. Enter the starting date and the number of days to subtract. The resulting date will be displayed. Press any key to return to the Date Calculator Menu. Example: Starting date: 05/29/1989 Subtract 100 days (approximately 3 months) 02/18/1989 ESC To leave the Calendar and return to the Main Menu press ESC. REINDEX This option rebuilds the indexes for the currently selected file. The indexes are used to maintain the records in the various orders used by the program. You may never need to use this option, however, occasionally index files become corrupted. This may happen if your computer locks up, for whatever reason, in the middle of saving data to a file. This may result in records appearing in incorrect order or some records mysteriously "disappearing". Selecting this option will usually correct these conditions. This option also physically removes records that have been deleted. If the RECORD COUNT total does not appear to coincide exactly with the number of records in the file, selecting REINDEX should correct it. MyFamily 2.0 Page 31 BACKUP If you do not already make periodic backups of your hard drive, MyFamily provides an easy way to back up your genealogy files. This option will copy the files associated with the currently selected genealogy file to a floppy diskette. When you select this option you will be asked to select drive A: or B:, or you may exit at this point. Five files will be copied. For example if the selected file was WATSON the following files would be copied: WATSON.DBF WATSON.DBT WATSON.DBK WATSON.DBX WATSON.DBE You do not need to backup the files with the .NTX extension. These are recreated automatically by the program if they are not found. Depending upon the size of your files and your floppy drive, you may need to use more than one floppy diskette. The program will indicate when the disk becomes full and you may insert another formatted disk at this point. However if a single file is too large to fit on one diskette you will need to utilize another backup technique, perhaps the DOS Backup command or a commercial backup utility program. EXITING THE PROGRAM To leave the program and return to DOS Select QUIT from the Main Menu, or press ESC at the Main Menu screen. The Quit submenu will appear containing Yes and No options. Select Yes to leave the program and return to DOS or No to return to program operation. MyFamily 2.0 Page 32