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Using WinREG 2. |
Welcome to the information pages on how to make the best use of WinREG 2, the very latest Windows based utility for entering Baptism, Marriage and Burial information from church registers for the FreeREG project.
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Here WinREG asks you to enter some details about your project.
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WinREG 2 Index or the Program Action Section.
Click on the button Open an Exiting Project in the Program Action Section of the WinREG Main Page. A window opens (see below) into your transcripts folder. Locate the file you wish to work on and either click so that its name appears in the open box below and select Open or simply double click on its name and the file will open the data entry program.
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WinREG 2 Index or the Program Action Section.
Click on the button Backup/Restore Facility. A window opens. Select to either back up a single file or a number of files by changing the option in the first window. If you use Backup Selected Files then a new window appears with a list of files. Select a range or all of them by left clicking on the first of the range, click and hold the shift key on the keyboard and move your mouse to the last of the list and left click on the last one of the range. Alternatively select specific files by left clicking on the first, clicking and holding the Ctrl key on the keyboard and going to each of those you want in turn and left clicking on each of them. Then click Backup Now. Windows will ask you to confirm each move.
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To Restore a file click on the restore tab and select the file you wish to restore.
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WinREG 2 Index or the Program Action Section.
The Menu bar has 5 entries each with a set of options. The Menu items are Files, Record ,Settings ,Tools and Help. These are explored in more detail below.
The Files Menu has a number of options that are useful in manipulating some of the WinREG files. They in most cases duplicate capabilities that can be done in other ways.
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The File Details display brings up a window that contains the current fixed content of the Transcript file and allows you to modify them by simply replacing the text that is currently in the window.
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WinREG 2 Index or the Menu bar
The Record Menu has a number of options that are useful in manipulating the records during data entry. They duplicate capabilities that can be done by a specific control button or a keyboard entry.
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WinREG 2 Index or the Menu bar
The Settings Menu has three options each of which brings up different displays and options.
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WinREG 2 Index or the Menu bar
In the My Information display you can see AND CHANGE your name, email address and syndicate. This is useful for people working on multiple counties. Also shown but NOT changeable is the location of the Transcripts folder.
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This is a place marker for future developments.
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There are three data entry options.
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The last Option Tab provides a means of changing default folder locations. The only option currently available is changing the location of the backup folder. For people with two drives it is suggested that they place the backup folder on the second drive.
To change the location click on the square button at the right of the current folder location. A new Browse window opens.
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Navigate to the new location. You may make a new folder at that location.
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The Table of User Settings shown below are some preset locations and controls for WinREG 2 to use. They are there to assist the developers and support personnel in the event of difficulties with WinREG 2.
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WinREG 2 Index or the Menu bar
The Tools Menu has three options each of which brings up different displays and options.
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There are Baptism, Marriage and Burial templates available for download in Word and PDF formats. these are useful for people you wish to make a paper transcription before entering the data into WinREG
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WinREG 2 Index or the Menu bar
There are number of useful links and options under the Help Menu most of which are self evident
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The top line of any program within Windows is a Title bar. It contains the name of the application on the left. On the right are a number of buttons. You may not have all of the ones shown in this example as I use a number of additional buttons to manage the screen. You WILL have the final three. These are the - or minimize button that minimizes the screen to just the name on the Windows Task Bar at the bottom of your screen. The second is the small rectangle that allows you to maximize the application page to occupy the full size of your screen; if this shows as two overlapping rectangles then it means the program already occupies the full screen, selecting it when in this state reduces the program screen to its normal opening size.The final button, the red X is the program close button. Selecting it closes the program.
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The bottom line of the WinREG 2 program is the Information bar. It has four sections, 2 of which may not have information within them. The first is a notification area. If you are in a date field it reminds you that F4 Uncertain Date helper is there to assist; in a Forename/Surname field it reminds you that the F5 Uncertain Character Format helper is available to you. The second field contains the number of records last written to permanent file. The difference between this number and the the Record Count of records at the top right of the display tells you the number of unsaved records you have added. You can use this to remind yourself its time to save the file. The third field contains the current time. The last field tells you the last time you started WinREG 2.
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WinREG 2 has the ability to check for and then install updates to itself when new versions have been released. There is a Menu option Configure Updating WinREG 2 where you can set the frequency for checking for updates;
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On this page you can set how frequently you wish to automatically check for new versions of WinREG 2 and how you wish them to be installed. You can disable the automatic checking for new versions if you are willing to remember to check on the availability yourself. We would encourage that you let the system check for new versions on a weekly basis.
You can have the system automatically install a new version as soon as one is found. However we recommend that you select the default option that lets you know a new version is available and then install it at your convenience. Under this option you will need to manually check and install the new version at a time suitable to yourself. The system asks you to specify where the new version is to be stored after download. The default folder is likely a good location.
You can manually Check for and then install new versions. of WinREG 2 by clicking on the Check for Updates option in the Menu task. This will check to see if there is a new version. If there is it will identify the version and what the New version addresses.
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If there is a new version is available we strongly urge you to take the few minutes required to install the updated version by clicking "Next". The Installer will download the new version and install it on your computer. Just follow the instruction which are identical to those when you first installed WinREG 2.
TheWinREG 2 Index: The Title bar : The Menu bar (Files, Record ,Settings,Tools [Image Viewer , Document Templates ,Backup] and Help): The Program Action Section : (Start New Project; Open an Existing Project ;Backup/Restore Facility); The Information bar
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