The navigator bar which appears on the Enter/Modify/Delete Names dialog, Visitation entry dialog, Individual Attendance dialog, and others throughout CMD looks similar to this:
Think of it as a set of control buttons you can click to maneuver through the data, add new names, or even delete names. It is possible that one or more of them may be disabled (grayed-out) at any one time depending on the state of your data files or the position the current name on the screen is in.
Sometimes the navigator bars will be displayed with fewer icons on it depending on where in the program they are visible. At the end of this help topic is one example of a navigator bar with only two icons visible.
When you move your mouse cursor over a given button on the navigator bar and hold it there for a brief time, a pop-up hint will remind you of the function of the button.
There are 10 buttons on the Navigator bar. From left to right, here's an brief explanation of each one:
•Go to First record. Clicking this button immediately displays the first family in your list (ordered by Family Name).
•Go to Prior record. Clicking this button displays the family just before the one visible on the screen in Family Name order.
•Go to Next record. Use this button to display the family just after the one currently displayed.
•Go to Last record. This button immediately displays the very last in the list of families.
•Add new record. Click this button at any time to clear the screen to enable you to enter a new name. For more information, check out the Adding a new family help topic.
•Delete. When this button is clicked, a dialog appears that allows you to archive names, delete one or more of the family members, and even delete the entire family record.
•Edit record. Use this button to enter edit mode for the family record. Edit mode is also automatically entered when you click into any field and make changes to it.
•Save record. Clicking here will save the family record. Saving also occurs automatically whenever you add a new family member, whenever you click anywhere in the Individuals data area, when you click any of the tabs of any individual family member, and, when you use any of the navigator buttons that move you to a new record.
About the only time saving is not done automatically for you is when you click the X in the upper right corner of the dialog to close it.
•Abort changes. You may click this button any time while you are editing any family information field and the contents of any field edited since the last save will return to their original state. This does not affect changes made in the Individuals data area.
•Refresh. Click this button if the data in the Family data area appears scrambled or incorrect. This will freshen the screen display with the data currently stored in each field.
There is even a smaller version of the navigator bar on the Individual Data area on the Enter/Modify/Delete Names dialog just so that you can click a button to specifically save an individual's information, cancel an edit, or refresh the data (most useful if you are working on a network). It's a lot smaller than the full navigation bars, and it looks like this:
