Family Origins v7 

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Reports/Printouts

• Indented descendant book
• Forest report - count of trees in database
• Multiple parents list
• Sortable Marriage list (by Husband, Wife, marr date, marr place)
• List of every occurence of a particular fact type (by person)
• Family Timeline list (all events for a selected group of individuals)
• FGS - unmarried couples are labled Father/Mother instead of Husband/Wife
• FGS - new option: notes can start immediately after fgs (on same page)
• FGS - option to turn off child notes (only print parent notes)
• FGS - Put children's and parents other marriage date/place on FGS
• Address list has option to print/ignore phone and email
• Source list now includes repository and call#
• Print Notes/Sources allows printing source verbatim text and source comments
• Added names with titles as printable fields in custom reports
• Added option in books to include/not include citation details (can shorten bibliography)

Merge enhancements

• SmartMerge (tm) option to automatically merge records that meet a certain criteria
• Added "Prior match" feature
• All facts/family displayed on merge screen
• Allows you to save your position in a merge session
• Merge doesn't double up duplicate events for merged records
• Prompts to make backup before starting merge

Tools

• Spell check all notes ("Tools, Spell check")
• Global search and replace ("Tools, Global search/replace")
• Count trees in database ("Tools, Count trees")
• Website generator allows "privatizing" living individual's data
• Website generator creates GENDEX.txt file for websites
• Soundex calculator provides alternate coding (Census soundex W/H rule) in addition to normal coding

Photo support

• Added image editing to photo view (sharpen, brightness, saturation, hue, contrast)

GEDCOM

• Global source can be added to individuals imported from a GEDCOM file
• Multimedia links and TODO tasks supported in GEDCOM import/export
• GEDCOM import asks if you want to combine or import into a new database

Searching/Marking

• Added "Married surname" to criteria (only finds married women)
• Search list and marking list show S for sealed to spouse
• Option to enable/disable comma surname completion in search/mark screen
• Marking screen - "Family" lets you select *which* family to mark/unmark
• Marking screen - option to mark all kin of highlighted person
• Marking screen - entire ancestor line
• Marking screen - entire descendant line
• Marking screen - Added comma surname completion
• Marking screen - allows editing highlighted person

Lists

• Added marriage search list (search by husband or wife name) ("Lists, Marriage list")
• Added Correspondence log ("Lists, Correspondence log")
• Added status and priority to ToDo list
• Moved lists (source manager, place list, repository list etc) to new "Lists" menu
• Repository list: print button allows printing sources, todos, and correspondence for any location.

Notes/Sources

• Spell checker in note editor
• Source manager - Print button now prints repository and call#

LDS features

• Added separate TempleReady command ("File, TempleReady") with Toolbar button
• Added an LDS Ordinance edit screen (from indiv edit screen or main screen including toolbar button)
• TempleReady reconcile command can clear ordinances submitted on a specific date
• LDS baptism now allows either live or proxy place entry
• LDS ordinance entry now provides ordinance status drop list (ie BIC, SUBMITTED, etc)
• Updated LDS Ordinances list (more options & marriages sort by husband name)
• Added 6 new temples to LDS temple list

Interface

• Docking toolbar ("cool look")
• Tip of the day
• Toolbar in note editor dialog
• Numerous visual enhancements (i.e. Bitmap buttons, etc)
• Added popup menu to Merge toolbar button to select manual or duplicate search

Other

• Added option to disable maximizing on startup
• Restoring a backup now opens the file after restoring
• FOWin asks before updating data to new v7 format

Created 10. August 1998 from an E-mail sent 4^th of August.