Admin 0 Report post Posted August 29, 2004 The Project Explorer is a very helpful window but it is not open in the Standard Layout so a lot of users never discover it. There is a button on the toolbar (just to the right of the yellow ones) to open the Project Explorer. Then you can resize, sort, filter, and scroll the window. Click on a plus sign to "drill down" through descendents. This tip was originally published in the Wholly Genes Newsletter, 22 December 2003. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GenerationGoneBy 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2004 The Project Explorer is a very helpful window but it is not open in the Standard Layout so a lot of users never discover it. There is a button on the toolbar (just to the right of the yellow ones) to open the Project Explorer. Then you can resize, sort, filter, and scroll the window. Click on a plus sign to "drill down" through descendents. You can also set it to have more than one line, so if you want to have the ID number and the dates a person was born and died, you can read all that information. Then open up the descendants, and this becomes a very handy feature when entering wills or census witnesses, because their ID numbers are right there on the screen for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil 0 Report post Posted October 20, 2011 The Project Explorer is a very helpful window but it is not open in the Standard Layout so a lot of users never discover it. There is a button on the toolbar (just to the right of the yellow ones) to open the Project Explorer. Then you can resize, sort, filter, and scroll the window. Click on a plus sign to "drill down" through descendents. This tip was originally published in the Wholly Genes Newsletter, 22 December 2003. I don't see two yellow buttons on my toolbar. I'm using v7. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Reigel 0 Report post Posted October 20, 2011 Neil, It depends on which toolbars you have active, but I don't see them either in the current Standard Layout. But here's a screenshot of the Toolbars visible in the Standard layout, with the Project Explorer button outlined in red: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nharmon 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2012 What does the the (sp) next to some person names on the project explorer mean? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Reigel 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2012 The (sp) means "spouse" - of the person above - to distinguish the spouse from the children, who appear at the same level in the display. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites