Tip of the Day

This page contains all tips to make GenoPro more enjoyable and productive.

• GenoPro supports Drag-and-Drop to open genealogy files.  You can open a GEDCOM file (.ged) by the simple action of a Drag-and-drop from Windows Explorer.
• If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 (or later), you can view and edit a genealogy tree (.gno file) directly within the browser.
• You can create a family by selecting a male, a female, or both and clicking on the Family Wizard toolbar button.
• You can add children to an existing marriage by selecting the marriage object and clicking on the Family Wizard toolbar button.
• You can add an additional marriage by re-selecting a male or female and clicking again on the New Mate toolbar button.
• GenoPro understands relationships such as marriage, re-marriage, parent, child, adopted child, step brother and step sister.
  Use the toolbar buttons Select Mate, Select Parents, Select Children and Select Siblings to verify the relationships among individuals
• You may reduce the size of your document (.gno file) by half by saving under a different filename.  From the File menu, use the Save As command to save under a different filename to create a backup on a floppy or put your genealogy tree on the Internet.
• You can use the keyboard arrow keys to scroll the current view (window).  To scroll faster, use PageUp, PageDown, Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right.
• You can simultaneously use the mouse, keyboard arrow keys and bookmarks to navigate while doing any operation such as moving objects or creating links between objects.
• You can always use the mouse wheel to zoom in and zoom out, even while selecting or moving objects around.
• You can always scroll a view by holding the ALT and move the mouse.  This can be handy if you are selecting/moving/linking objects and running out of display.  Simply hold the ALT key and move the mouse to scroll the window.
• You can use the Home key to center the selected objects in the view (window).  If you can't find the selected object, simply use the Home key
• You can use the Zoom Rectangle command to quickly change the zoom of a view.
      - Use the Z short-cut key and follow the instructions on the status bar.
      - To zoom-in, use the mouse to outline a rectangle from top-left to bottom-right.
      - To zoom-out, use the mouse to outline a rectangle from bottom-right to top-left.
• You can clone selected objects by holding the CTRL key before moving the selected objects.  This is the fastest way to replace the Copy & Paste command.
• Bookmarks are automatically persisted when you save your document (.gno file).  A bookmark can be useful to place a reference point to an individual or a family.   Bookmarks allow easy navigation from one location to another location in a genealogy tree.
      - To create a bookmark, use a key from Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+3.
      - To use a bookmark, use a key from 1 to 3 respectively.
• It is recommended to use the Re-Snap To Grid command after using the Inflate Tree or Compress Tree commands.
      - Inflating or compressing a tree (or a sub tree) produces unaligned coordinates.
• To prevent selected objects to snap to the imaginary grid, hold the SHIFT key while moving the mouse.  By default, objects are aligned to an imaginary grid of 10 units.
• You can select non-adjacent objects by holding the SHIFT key before clicking onto the object.  When you hold the SHIFT key, you will notice the mouse cursor change shape.
• You can use the % short-cut key to quickly change the zoom of a view (window) to any value between 5% and 1000%.  Similarly, you can use the + and - key to increase and decrease the zoom.
• You can have multiple views (windows) of the same document, each with a different zoom. To achieve this, select the \"New Window\" command from the main menu to create a new view (window) of the same document and change its zoom."
• You can view the full-size of a picture by clicking with the mouse on that picture.
• You can browse pictures by zooming a picture prior clicking on the Browse button.
      - Click on an existing picture and click on the Browse button.
• Each member and marriage object can hold thousands of pictures.
      - For each picture, you can enter a description and the date when the picture was taken.
• You can type the URL of a picture to be downloaded. Any picture location starting with http:// will be downloaded via your modem or any other Internet connection.
• If you don't know an exact date, you can always enter a partial date such as 1947, Mar-1965 or 15-Dec.
• GenoPro is Y2K (Year 2000) compliant. GenoPro accepts dates ranging from year 0001 to year 9999. Future releases will include dates ranging from 9999 BC to 9999 AD.

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