The document provides instructions for using Family Tree Builder software. It describes how to perform various tasks like adding and editing personal details, marriages, dates, locations and images for individuals in a family tree. It also explains how to manage trees by importing/exporting files, renaming trees, searching names, navigating screens, reporting bugs, and deleting an entire tree.

1. BE
BETA
Family Tree Builder

2. Table of Contents
• Add a new person
• Edit person details
• Add an image
• Change details
• Marriage details
• Putting in dates
• Change gender
• Add a location
• Magnification / zoom
• Manage your trees
• Import new GEDCOM file
• Browse for a file
• Rename your tree
• Load an existing tree
• Search
• Screen navigation
• Bugs and errors
• Full screen preview
• List of Individuals
• Search More
• Delete your entire Tree

3. Help Guide

4. Add a new person
Click on this icon to add either
spouse, mother, father, children or siblings.

5. Click in the desired text box to add or edit details of an existing person

6. Edit a persons details
Click on this icon to edit a profile. Example -
Add details of birth, marriage or death

7. Change details
Use the edit option to change a persons gender,
whether they are deceased, married or divorced.

8. Marriage Details
Use these edit options for changing the marital
status on somebody. You will need to do this for
both people in the marriage.

9. Putting in dates
Use these edit options for changing
the dates by either using drop down
dates or if the date does not go back
far enough simply type in the correct
one.

10. Click here to change gender

12. Add an Image
Click on the FACE ICON to upload an image.
Then SAVE photo JPEGS

13. Click here to add location
Remember to SAVE each time you make a change

14. Magnification
Use this as a zoom tool. The higher it goes, the bigger
your boxes will appear.

15. Manage your Trees
Go here
To import a GEDCOM file
Start a brand new tree
Change the name of your Tree

16. Import a GEDCOM file
• Click on the GEDCOM upload icon to import
your new file

17. Browse for you file
If you get an error or script de-bug message, please ignore this and close the
error message.
Once your tree has loaded you will need to go to the “Manage Tree’s” Option
to open up that tree

18. Rename your Tree
Click on the file name to change your tree name

19. Load A Tree
Click on the TREE to load file
Click on the STAR to make default
Click on the CROSS to delete the tree

20. Screen Navigation
Use this as a navigation tool. It
may appear at times that your
tree has disappeared, use this to
move your tree up or down, or
from left to right.

21. Bugs + Errors
• Click on the bug to report to us any errors

22. Full Screen Preview
• Click here to work in full screen

23. Search Names
Click on the magnifying glass to search for
people in your family tree

24. List of Individuals

25. Search More
Click on a specific name and the search option
will highlight that person in your tree.
Click on the arrow key and hold the button to
scroll through your list of names.

26. Delete your entire tree
Click on this button to delete your entire tree.
If you do this you cannot retrieve any data at all it
will be gone forever. Please make sure you have a
backup of your data in either paper or another
electronic format.