Chapter 1:  Introduction

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Family Tree SuperTools is a collection of utilities that provide features beyond those that are available in your family history project manager.

Family Tree SuperTools works with data from a wide variety of programs, including Family Tree Maker™, Personal Ancestral File™, The Master Genealogist™, and others.

It does not provide data entry or editing functions, however. That is, you will continue to enter data in your current program, running Family Tree SuperTools when you are ready to access its suite of supplemental utilities.

This guided tour will demonstrate many of the specific features of Family Tree SuperTools and the ways in which it will enhance your current software, offer new insight into your data, improve your research, and provide exciting new forms of output.

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Family Tree SuperTools is a modern 32-bit application designed for Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME, XP and later.

It supports long file names, right-click menus, mouse wheels, and other conveniences that are standard to those operating systems.

It is multi-user compatible and network compatible.

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Remember that you can click on any screen shot like the one to the right in order to zoom in for a high-resolution copy of that image.

Then click on your browser's <BACK> button to return to this point in the guided tour.

Try it now.

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Family Tree SuperTools will import data directly from your family history project manager using GenBridge™, an exclusive technology of Wholly Genes Software.

After starting a new project, simply access the File menu and choose Import.

An Import Wizard makes the rest of the process very simple.

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The Import Wizard guides you through the steps to import your data.

The Simple version of the wizard asks just a few questions, like the type and location of the file to be imported. It otherwise uses default settings.

The Advanced version of the wizard offers a wider variety of options, including detailed control over the interpretation of user-defined data types.

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When importing a data set, you can point directly to the native file used by your family history project manager. A GEDCOM transfer is not required.

This eliminates the extra step of creating an intermediate transfer file. And since the GenBridge™ technology understands the distinct characteristics of each data format, it produces the most complete and accurate transfer of data possible.

Click here to see a comprehensive list of file formats that are supported by the Import Wizard.

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After a data set is imported, subsequent changes to the data can be easily updated in Family Tree SuperTools by accessing the Data Set Manager and clicking on the <Refresh> button.

The Data Set Manager is accessed through the File menu.