Tools Menu

Treeview Options... Opens the Treeview Options dialog.

Gedcom Options... Opens the Gedcom Options dialog.

Program Options... Opens the Program Options dialog.

Reactivate Deactivated Dialogs This function allows you to reactivate notifications that are only shown once per session or that have been deactivated by marking a checkbox. All notifications will once again be displayed as if FamilyTreeFactory had been restarted.

Calendar Calculator... Opens the Calendar Calculator for converting date entries between Gregorian, Hebrew, Julian and French Revolutionary calendars.

Output Language File Editor... Opens the Output Language File Editor, which allows you to modify the output language file and add new languages.

Context Sorting File Editor... Opens the Context Sorting File Editor, which allows you to configure the keywords used for the context sorting algorithm for multipart surnames.

On-screen Keyboard... Opens the on-screen keyboard of Windows. This keyboard is suitable for the comfortable input of text of foreign languages in connection with the input languages selected under Windows. Details can be found in the section Unicode Support in the sub-section Input of Foreign Languages. This function is available only under Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7.

Note: It was observed under Windows 64 bit operating systems occasionally that the on-screen keyboard could not be opened by this function. In such a case, use the key combination Windows button + U and start the on-screen keyboard there. Another possibility: Start the dialog Run (Start -> Run... or Start -> All programs -> Accessories > Run...) and enter osk.exe.

Windows Input Languages... Opens a Regional Options or Text Services and Input Languages dialog, depending on the Windows version. Details can be found in the section Unicode Support in the sub-section Input of Foreign Languages. This function is available only under Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7.