SETUP INFORMATION FILE NAME FOR DATA FILES The first entry on the setup screen is the base name of the files that will hold your information. I suggest that you use a family surname such as SMITH or JONES. This name can- not exceed 8 characters so you may need to abbreviate or use another file name such as FAMILY or TREE. If you are using a floppy disk based system you should use the A drive for the program disks and the B drive for your data disks. In this case you must specify the file name as B:SMITH or B:JONES, etc. You may also want to keep your data files in a dif- ferent directory on your hard drive. This may be entered as C:\FAMILY\DATA\FILES\SMITH, etc. Included in this release of FTJ are SAMPLE data files for the family of Thomas Wolfe, author of "Look Homeward, Angel", a fictional work whose characters were drawn primarily from Mr. Wolfe's family. The information was provided by John Gordon, a member of the Thomas Wolfe Society. Mr. Gordon has presented a very thorough study of the relationships of the characters in "Look Homeward, Angel" and the actual members of Mr. Wolfe's family on which the characters are based. I would like to extend my ap- preciation to John for allowing me to include the fruits of his labor and more effectively showcase the features of Family Tree Journal. USA DATE FORMAT (MONTH-DAY-YEAR) The second field on the setup screen allows you to select the format you will use when entering dates. The default is the format most commonly used in the USA with the month followed by the day of the month. Most genealogists express dates with the day of the month first followed by the number of the month. If you prefer to use the first three letters of the month, ie. APR, you may use either or both formats. This selection applies to dates entered using only numbers. PRINTOUT DESTINATION The printout destination is used to tell the program to which port your printer is connected. This is typically LPT1, the first parallel port equipped on your computer. Some printers may also be connected to LPT2, LPT3 or a serial port such as COM1 etc. This entry may also be used to redirect the normal printouts to a file instead of your printer. If you enter a file name such as PRINTER.OUT, your books and other reports will be spooled so that you can edit or view your work without using a lot of paper. Be aware that the file is reopened for each printout and any infor- mation that may have been previously written to the file will be overwritten. PRINTER TYPE Before you begin printing, you must specify the type of printer that you are using. (Your printer must be able to print both upper and lower case and recognize form feeds to be used with FAMILY TREE JOURNAL. Most modern printers will qualify.) There are three basic type of printers that FAMILY TREE JOURNAL supports: Type 0 - "No frills" - this type will work on almost any printer. It does not use any special graphics nor does it print bold face, underlined characters or italics. Type 1 - Epson compatible - This type will work with most dot-matrix printers that have the IBM extended graphic characters. Type 2 - HP-PCL compatible - This type will work with most laser or ink-jet printers that are designed for IBM's and compatibles. (Apple LaserWriters were not designed to be IBM compatible so you will have to use type 0 for LaserWriters and use Courier mode - not PostScript). Two additional types are available that may be necessary for some situations: Type 3 - Epson compatible without IBM graphics - This type may be necessary if you have a printer that uses the Epson escape sequences for bold, italics and underline but does not contain the IBM graphic character set. These printers were intended to be used with Apples, Commodores, Radio Shack Color Computers, etc. but are sometimes equipped on IBM's. Type 4 - This type may be selected if you have a laser printer with fonts that are not equipped with the PC-8 typeface. but does recognize the HP-PCL escape sequences for bold, etc. Before you select this type, carefully check your printer's documentation to see if there may be some way to select the PC-8 typeface and use type 2 instead. The results will be much better! One additional comment, if your printer has several fonts, select one that is nonproportional. Proportional fonts will produce skewed charts. DOES YOUR PRINTER AUTOMATICALLY ADD NEW-LINES? Some printers treat the ends of lines differently. The pro- gram will change the way it terminates each line based on how you answer this question. There are also option switches in some printers that will change the way they are handled. You may have to experiment a little if you get double-spaced printouts. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION TO INCLUDE WITH GENEALOGICAL DATA In addition to the normal genealogical information for each individual, you may want to keep some miscellaneous infor- mation about each one. Five optional fields are available for this purpose. The first three headings will default to CAUSE OF DEATH, OCCUPATION, and CHURCH AFFILIATION. Two others are available for anything you may like to record. You may prefer to use some other statistics about your family. You may add or change any of the five headings to whatever you prefer. Several suggestions that I have received are CEMETERY or PLACE OF BURIAL, TELEPHONE NUMBER, POLITICAL PARTY, etc. You may also use this to enter such things as physical descriptions (color of hair, eyes, etc.), schooling or educational background, hobbies, etc. I even had a suggestion that FAMILY TREE JOURNAL could be used to document the pedigree for animals. I'm not sure that all the information would be appropriate for this application (information about marriages might seem a little odd) but, you could use these miscellaneous fields to record the registration paper numbers, desirable traits etc. for show animals or to assist in farm animal breeding. The F2 key will toggle your display between color and monochrome. The F8 key will save your setup information without exiting the setup screen. The ESC key will exit and save the setup information. *******