Biography

In the biography you edit personal data for the selected person. To show or hide biography use one of the above commands. To save your changes, press Save at the top right of the tabs or Ctrl+S | Cmd+S if biography has focus.

The biography can be viewed both as a fixed window (default), and as a separate window. You change it in File > Preferences > Biography which also determines whether Reference number, Private or Changed is to be displayed or not. You can always open the biography in its own window with command F5.

When a person is to be saved, a duplicate check is made against name, birth and death data. If there are duplicates, the duplicates are displayed in a window where you can choose to:

Use - use the selected existing person instead of the person in the biography.
Save - ignore duplicates and continue saving.
Delete - delete the entered data in the biography.
Cancel - return to the biography to continue entering.

Name

Insert the name as full name with the first name and last name together. If you insert an asterisk (*) after a first name, it is interpreted as the first name and displayed underlined. If you put a first name in quotes ( ") it is interpreted as a nickname. And if you put one word after the last slasch it is interpreted as surname suffix.

It is possible to use asterisk on sevral first name parts, and the usual minus sign interprets the name as a whole word, for example Per-Anders*. If you want to be able to mark a single namepart, you can divide the name with hyphen (U+2010) or En-dash (U+2013), for example Per‐Anders*. The hyphen is not supported by all fonts.

The surname is separated with "/" before and after the surname. The division is done automatically when the focus leaves the text box. Example: Hans /Nilsson/.

After you have entered the name once, or if you want to be able to edit the different name parts and/or if you want to use the first name prefixes, use the Edit name button. Maximum 248 characters.

Right click (Mac two finger click) or Ctrl+Space in the name field opens a pop-up menu where you have quick access to a variety of names divisions.

Gender

Specifies the person's gender. Man, woman or unknown. You can always change the sex of a person.

Reference number

A user-defined number or text for the person. Maximum 20 characters.

Mitochondrial dna

Manage mitochondrial dna haplogroup for this person. See Dna samples.

Y dna

Manage Y dna haplogroup for this person (only men). See Dna samples.

Private

Here you can select whether a person should be private, ie. you have the option to exclude the person in exports and in print.

Tabs

There are 7 or 6 tabs depending on whether you choose to display the personal notes as its own tab or not, see Options - biography. On all tabs except the first tab and display mode, a number indicate if tab has contents. If a person, for example belonging to four groups a 4 on the group tab is shown.

General, path, personal note (selectable) and sources (fixed window).
Families, parents, families with children.
Personal note, notes about the person.
Media, media for the person and families.
Research, to-do tasks and remarks.
Groups, groups and group members.
Sources, sources for person, families and facts (only when the biography appears as its own window).
Display mode, overview of personal data (only in fixed window).

Tool command
Menu command	Main menu > Biography
Key command	F4 (F5 as a separate window)

Press	To...
	Edit haplogroup for this person
	Delete haplogroup for this person
	Lock/unlock haplogroup for this person

Press	To...
	Edit haplogroup for this person
	Delete haplogroup for this person
	Lock/unlock haplogroup for this person