Using The Clipboard in Reunion
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1. choose Parents gt Edit Parents Then select parents in the list and click the Remove Parents button The Edit Parents menu item appears only when more than one set of parents is linked to a person Learn more Using these techniques to remove children parents or spouses does not delete people from a family file Nobody s record is deleted Nobody is permanently purged Only links are removed For example if you remove a child from family X the child s record is not deleted from the family file The child remains in the family file but is no longer linked to family X from which the child was removed Also using these techniques to remove children parents or spouses from family records does not put anything links or people in the Clipboard Deleting People from the Family File When a person is deleted he is permanently purged from your family file That means his record will disappear his name events facts notes etc gone forever from the family file e Deleting a person does not affect a person s children descendants parents or ancestors e If a deleted person appeared anywhere as a child parent or spouse on another family he will disappear from those records In general you should only delete people who are accidentally duplicated accidentally entered or who you eventually prove are unrelated to anybody in your family file and you simply want them gone Scenarios where accidental duplication happens include2. the family view where the child should appear OnUMUBRWN Note After moving a person from one family to another you may need to correct the order of children or spouses in the destination family For example after completing item 5 above the moved child may appear as the last child If that s not the correct chronological position for the child the children can be reordered Similarly if moving a spouse Causes a spouse to appear out of order you can reorder the spouses Using the Clipboard to Move Parents or Spouses Similarly if you need to move parents or spouses to a different family 1 make sure that Clipboard is selected in the Sidebar list 2 drag the misplaced parent or spouse to the Clipboard sidebar 3 navigate to the correct family 4 drag the people out of the Clipboard sidebar dropping them where they should appear in the correct family Using the Clipboard to Move an Unlinked Person If you ve dragged a person to the Clipboard sidebar who has no spouse or children and you need to move the person out of the Clipboard and onto a family by himself simply double click the person in the Clipboard You ll be asked if you want to make a new record for the person What s in the Clipboard To see the contents of the Clipboard select Clipboard in the Sidebar list Clipboard 5 entries w What s in this Clipboard Type amp Name John DOE 15 Jun 1777 22 Jan 1848 A 3 person records lt x Marg
3. Correcting Mistakes Using the Clipboard May 2013 Removing or Unlinking People Using the Clipboard The simplest way to remove or unlink a person from the wrong family or spouse is to drag the person to Reunion s Clipboard To see and use Reunion s Clipboard select Clipboard in the Sidebar list Examples of using the Clipboard e If the wrong child appears on family A navigate to family A and drag the child to the Clipboard sidebar e If the wrong parents appear on a family B in the upper left or upper right corner of family B drag one of the parents on family B to the Clipboard sidebar he other parent will come along e If the wrong spouse appears on family C drag his button to the Clipboard sidebar e When somebody is in the Clipboard the Clipboard button in the Sidebar list appears with a little person on it The Clipboard is empty E Clipboard Somebody is in the Clipboard jg Clipboard Using the Clipboard to Move a Child If you have a child on the wrong family you can easily correct the problem without losing any information or altering any other links Here s how Navigate to the family where the child appears incorrectly Make sure that Clipboard is selected in the list of Sidebars Drag the child to the Clipboard sidebar on the right Navigate to the family where the child should appear Drag the child out of the Clipboard sidebar and into the children box at the ottom of
4. aret abt 1616 1679 Sally STRUTHERS 12 Dec 1765 12 Sep 1863 Link to a person Larry LINKMAN 25 Mar 1669 abt 1745 Link to a couple FP Kid ROCK amp Pamela ANDERSON 7 The Clipboard holds two types of items links and person records You can distinguish the items by looking in the first column Type of the Clipboard sidebar Entries that represent only a link have the link icon i Entries that represent a person record have a little person icon Deleting People and Removing Links from the Clipboard Once a person or link is in the Clipboard they can be deleted removed by clicking the Tools button in the bottom bar under the Clipboard sideba Clipboard Tools Remove Link from Clipboard Delete Selected Person Remove All Links from the Clipboard Delete All People in the Clipboard Clear Ps The first two items in the Clipboard Tools window apply to whatever is selected in the Clipboard To remove a link from the Clipboard 1 Select a person in the Clipboard who has a link icon 2 Click the Tools button at the bottom 3 Select Remove Link from Clipboard To delete a person from the Clipboard 1 Select a person in the Clipboard who has a person icon 2 Click the Tools button at the bottom 3 Select Delete Selected Person What Happens When Clicking People in the Clipboard Single clicking a link in the Clipboard selects the link and enables the R
5. emove Link item in the Clipboard Tools Single or double clicking a link in the Clipboard will navigate to the person s record in the family view Single clicking a person in the Clipboard will select him and enable the item Delete Selected Person in the Clipboard Tools Double clicking a person in the Clipboard will render an option to make a new record for the person in effect moving him out of the Clipboard and onto his own family record The reason you can t navigate to people in the Clipboard is because their record is in the Clipboard not on a family record Double clicking somebody who has the person icon will show a message asking if you d like to create a family record for the clicked person as explained above Other Techniques for Fixing Bad Links If you don t like the idea of dragging relations to the Clipboard there are other ways to correct bad links e To remove a child choose Edit gt Family gt Children select a child in the list and click the Remove Child button e To remove a spouse when more than one spouse is linked to a person click the Person menu button and choose Spouses amp Children gt Edit Spouses Then select the spouse you want to remove and click the Remove Spouse button The Edit Spouses menu item appears only when more than one spouse is linked to a person Learn more e To remove parents when more than one set of parents is linked to a person click the Person menu button and
6. f Tom appears as a child on family A and you drag his child button from family A to the Clipboard sidebar Tom will appear as a link in the Clipboard because he still appears on his own family record x Tom 1850 1889 But if you drag Tom s name to the Clipboard from his family record where he appears in the middle of the family view then his entire record goes to the Clipboard assuming he doesn t have multiple spouses In this case he appears in the Clipboard with the person icon A Tom 1850 1889 and Tom can be deleted by following these steps 1 Show the Clipboard sidebar 2 Select Tom s name in the Clipboard sidebar 3 Click the Tools button at the bottom of the sidebar 4 Select Delete Person Deleting Marked or Unmarked People File gt Save A Backup Copy before proceeding Reunion lets you automatically delete marked or unmarked people from a family file In either case people will be deleted purged permanently from the family file To delete marked or unmarked people from your family file choose File gt Delete gt Marked People or File gt Delete gt Unmarked People Each command gives you two chances to cancel before deleting any people Normally these commands should only be used if you have copied a family file and need to remove certain branches or lines from a duplicate family file Deleting a Family Record The easiest way to delete a family record is to drag the Marr
7. iage field to the Clipboard sidebar The Marriage field is the place where the marriage date place appear in the family view The Marriage field 1991 Harry HUSBAND Wynonna WIFE i Birth Birth Death Death You can also choose File gt Delete gt This Family Record from the menubar e Deleting a family record will delete all marriage information family events and family notes for the current couple e The husband and wife on the family record will remain in the family file separately their individual records remain intact but the two are no longer linked together e The husband or wife will appear in the Clipboard sidebar if they don t appear on another family record for example they d be on another family record if they have other spouses e The records for their parents of the husband and the parents of the wife are not changed The children of the couple are no longer linked to either parent but the record for each child remains in the family file and is not changed This family record will be deleted e Harry HUSBAND will appear in the Clipboard sidebar e Wynonna WIFE will appear in the Clipboard sidebar Cancel Proceed This confirming message appears when you attempt to delete a family record Note The main text of this instruction is lifted from the Reunion User s Manual the icon at the top of your Reunion Family File
8. s entering somebody twice by mistake splitting a family file into smaller files with overlapping data and importing one family file into another that contains duplicate records Note You can t remove a person by erasing their name in the Edit Person panel This will only create problems such as UNNAMED person record appearing in charts reports etc ore e To delete a person from the People sidebar select single click a name in the People sidebar and from the menubar at the top choose File gt Delete gt Selected Person e To delete a person from the List Window when it is showing People select single click a name in the List window and choose File gt Delete Selected Person __xJlsete In both cases pressing Command Delete is the keyboard equivalent People can only be deleted one at a time in this fashion To delete several people Reunion has the capability to delete marked or unmarked people as explained below Deleting People Using the Clipboard As explained above you can drag a person to the Clipboard sidebar and then delete the person but only if the person appears in the Clipboard without a link icon If a person appears in the Clipboard without the link icon it means that their record is in the Clipboard not just a link Thus the person does not appear anywhere in your family file l e before being dragged into the Clipboard he appeared in only one place in your family file Example I
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