RootsMagic 8:Calculators - Revision history

Renee: /* Relationship Calculator */

2021-09-07T03:11:24Z

Relationship Calculator

Bruce: /* Soundex Calculator */

2021-09-03T14:01:40Z

Soundex Calculator

Bruce: /* Relationship Calculator */

2021-09-03T13:58:28Z

Relationship Calculator

Bruce: /* Relationship Calculator */

2021-09-03T13:57:32Z

Relationship Calculator

Bruce: /* Date Calculator */

2021-09-03T13:55:47Z

Date Calculator

Bruce: /* Date Calculator */

2021-09-03T13:54:07Z

Date Calculator

Bruce: /* Relationship Calculator */

2021-09-03T03:29:39Z

Relationship Calculator

Bruce at 03:29, 3 September 2021

2021-09-03T03:29:14Z

Renee at 04:15, 28 August 2021

2021-08-28T04:15:12Z

Renee at 00:18, 5 August 2021

2021-08-05T00:18:57Z

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 #Select the People page, click the Tools button, then choose Relationship calculator" from the menu.
 #;[[File:RM8_Tools-RelationshipCalculator-2.jpg|Relationship Calculator]]
-#By default, Person 1 will be the person who was highlighted on the main screen. You can leave this alone or click the "Select person 1" button 1 to select a different person from the RootsMagic Explorer.
+#By default, Person 1 will be the person who was highlighted on the main screen. You can leave this alone or click the "Select person 1" button to select a different person from the RootsMagic Explorer.
 #Click the "Select person 2" button beside Person 2 to select the second person from the RootsMagic Explorer.
 #Click the "Calculate" button to calculate the relationships.

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 '''To calculate the Soundex code for a name:'''
-#Select "Tools, Soundex calculator" from the main menu.
+#Select the People page, click the Tools button, then select Soundex calculator from the menu.
 #;[[File:RM8_Tools-SoundexCalc.jpg|Soundex Calculator]]
 #Type in the surname you want the Soundex code for.

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 #Select the People page, click the Tools button, then choose Relationship calculator" from the menu.
 #;[[File:RM8_Tools-RelationshipCalculator-2.jpg|Relationship Calculator]]
-#By default, Person 1 will be the person who was highlighted on the main screen. You can leave this alone or click the "Change" button beside Person 1 to select a different person from the RootsMagic Explorer.
+#By default, Person 1 will be the person who was highlighted on the main screen. You can leave this alone or click the "Select person 1" button 1 to select a different person from the RootsMagic Explorer.
-#Click the "Change" button beside Person 2 to select the second person from the RootsMagic Explorer.
+#Click the "Select person 2" button beside Person 2 to select the second person from the RootsMagic Explorer.
 #Click the "Calculate" button to calculate the relationships.
 #Click the "Print" button to print the list of relationships.

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 == Relationship Calculator ==
 The Relationship calculator will find the blood relationship between two people in your database. The calculator does not consider in-law relationships. For example, if you use the calculator to find the relationship between you and your brother's wife, you will find that you are not related.
 '''To use the Relationship calculator:'''
+#Select the People page, click the Tools button, then choose Relationship calculator" from the menu.
-. Choose "Tools, Relationship calculator" from the main menu.
+#;[[File:RM8_Tools-RelationshipCalculator-2.jpg|Relationship Calculator]]
+#By default, Person 1 will be the person who was highlighted on the main screen. You can leave this alone or click the "Change" button beside Person 1 to select a different person from the RootsMagic Explorer.
-. By default, Person 1 will be the person who was highlighted on the main screen. You can leave this alone or click the "Change" button beside Person 1 to select a different person from the RootsMagic Explorer.
+#Click the "Change" button beside Person 2 to select the second person from the RootsMagic Explorer.
+#Click the "Calculate" button to calculate the relationships.
-. Click the "Change" button beside Person 2 to select the second person from the RootsMagic Explorer.
+#Click the "Print" button to print the list of relationships.
 == Soundex Calculator ==

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 The date calculator performs a number of date calculations based on knowing two of the following pieces of data: the starting date, ending date, or years/months/days.
 There are two ways to access the date calculator:
 #Click the tools button on the People page and select Date calculator.
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 [[File:RM8_datecalculator2.jpg|Date Calculator]]
-<b>Calculating Dates</b>
+===Calculating Dates===
 Select which value you want to calculate and RootsMagic will arrange the fields.  Enter data into the first two fields and RootsMagic will automatically display the desired result in the third field.

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 Navigation: <u>[[RootsMagic_8:RootsMagic_8|RootsMagic 8]]</u> > <u>[[RootsMagic_8:Tools|Tools]]</u> >
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-== Date Calculator ==
+==Date Calculator==
 The date calculator performs a number of date calculations based on knowing two of the following pieces of data: the starting date, ending date, or years/months/days.
-'''There are two ways to access the date calculator:'''
+There are two ways to access the date calculator:
-. Select "Tools, Date calculator" from the main menu.
+[[File:RM8_datecalculator2.jpg|Date Calculator]]
-. When entering a date in a dialog, you can click the "Date tools" button. If you open the date calculator when you are on a date field in the program, you can paste the calculated starting or ending date directly into that date field after doing the calculation. Simply complete the calculation as described below.
+<b>Calculating Dates</b>
-. Click either "Select start" button or "Select end" button, depending on which date you want to paste into the date field, or click the Clear button to clear all the fields on the date calculator, or click Cancel to close the calculator.
+Select which value you want to calculate and RootsMagic will arrange the fields.  Enter data into the first two fields and RootsMagic will automatically display the desired result in the third field.
-'''Calculating Dates'''
+For example: if you have a tombstone that says "John Smith died 10 January 1883 at the age of 74 years, 8 months, and 23 days", you may want to know the birth date.  Select start date to be calculated and enter 10 January 1883 as the end date, and "74 y 8 m 23 d" as the age in the years, months, and days into the Age field, and RootsMagic will calculate the birth date for you.
 == Relationship Calculator ==

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 For example: if you have a tombstone that says "John Smith died 10 January 1883 at the age of 74 years, 8 months, and 23 days, you can enter 10 January 1883 as the end date, and "74 y 8 m 23 d" as the age in the years, months, and days into the Age field, and RootsMagic will calculate the birth date for you.
-[[File:RM8_datecalculator2.jpg]]
+[[File:RM8_datecalculator2.jpg|Date Calculator]]
 == Relationship Calculator ==