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Photos, other documents: how to work with them

A document is a file of any type (a photo, a video record, a .doc file etc) connected with a person, event, place, etc and added to the database. Original files of the documents are copied to a special folder (documents folder). The documents folder has the same name as the data file plus .files combination: for example, for the data file called 'test.atdb' Agelong Tree creates a folder called 'test.files'. The folder is found in the same upper folder as the data file. The two factors (same name and same position in a folder) ensure data integrity when you move your data to another computer and when you create a backup archived copy.

In Documents table you can do all actions described in Interface overview, you can create, edit or delete a document, view information about documents. You can save or print the table and get statistics.

How to create a document

You can create a new document either on the Documents tab in the main window of the program, or in the edit window of the object (a person, an event etc). You click Create or + and choose a file on your computer. If in program options window the option Select a destination folder when creating a document is on, the file is copied to the selected folder inside the documents folder. If the option is off, the file is copied directly tothe documents folder.

To create the person's main photo document you can use the menu Photo in the persons edit window:
Create person's main photo

You can use tab Documents in this window to create or add any types of documents:
Create or add a document

How to edit a document and tagging people in the photo

The Information tab in the document edit window contains all main information about the document:
Document edit window

If a document is a photo (.jpg, .png, .bmp), it is possible to tag people in the photo. Add a person to the list of linked objects, choose one of linked objets and press . In the photo a frame will appear. Drag the frame to the portrait area of a person, use the a:b button to choose the proportions you want and drag the frame corners to set the size you want.

Press OK button to save the changes. The chosen portrait can be chosen as a profile photo in the main person edit window. Besides, in document information window when placing a cursor on the chosen area you will see the frame, the person's full name and their age on the photo (if the person's birthdate and the document date are set).

Documents on the map

It is possible to search the place of the document if the place or coordinates are set. The map service can be chosen in program options window. If the coordinates are set, the search uses the coordinates. If the coordinates are not set, the search uses the full place name. A place cannot be found or found incorrectly if its name is out-of-date.

Linked objects list can contain persons, places, events, sources, family names.

Sources links contains the list of links to the sources that were used to get this document.

Objectives contains the objectives linked to the current document.


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