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Instructions
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The Training Lessons on this CD have been arranged alphabetically within the following categories:
  • Leadership - Helps for family history consultants and priesthood leaders with the responsibility for family history in their wards/stakes.
  • Getting Started - Eight lessons that can be used by individuals or family history consultants who are teaching ward members. These lessons begin with our family history responsibility and getting organized, then continue with gathering what others have done, data entry in PAF, sources, verification, PAF Insight, TempleReady and sharing our information with others.
  • PAF - Personal Ancestral File genealogy software
  • Other Software- How to use programs such as PAF Insight, Pedigree Resource File (PRF), TempleReady and others.
  • Internet - How to use such sites as Ancestry, GenWeb, Google, FamilySearch, FamilySearchIndexing, blogging, mailing lists, message boards, etc.
  • History/Journal - Fun ways to share your personal and family history.
  • Research - How to use basic methods, forms, records, terms, etc., to further your family history research.

Each category menu includes the title and a short description of the lesson as shown in the example below:
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To view the lesson, click on the title. To print the text handout or actual screen slides, click on the appropriate icon.
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To view the lessons, you will need Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 * (or later) or the free 2003 viewer. If one of these is not on your computer, install the free viewer now.
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To print the handouts, you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. If it is not already on your computer, install it now.

* If you have PowerPoint 97 or 2000, it automatically becomes the default viewer. The Question/Answer section at the end of each tutorial will not work properly. The correct answers will automatically be displayed rather than giving you the opportunity to select an answer. You can change this default file association by installing the viewer (above) then:

Windows XP:

  1. Select Start > Control Panel > Folder Options.
  2. Scroll down and click on “PPS Microsoft PowerPoint Slideshow”
  3. Under “details... open with:” click the Change button.
  4. Scroll down and click “Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003”
  5. Check the “Always use the selected program to open this kind of file” box.
  6. Click OK

Windows 2000

  1. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel
  2. Select Folder options, then click the File Types tab
  3. Scroll down and click on “PPS Microsoft PowerPoint Slideshow”
  4. Under “details... open with:” click the Change button.
  5. Scroll down and click “Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003”
  6. Check the “Always use the selected program to open this kind of file” box.
  7. Click OK

Windows Vista:

  1. Select Start > Control Panel > Default Programs
  2. Select “Associate a file type or protocol with a program”
  3. Scroll down and click on PPS Microsfot PowerPoint Slideshow”
  4. Click the Change Program button
  5. Under “Other Programs”, select Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003
  6. Check the “Always use the selected program to open this kind of file” box.
  7. Click OK.

Practice While You Learn

It is often helpful to open the tutorial and the program you are learning about (i.e. PAF, internet, etc.) in separate windows and position them side by side to “practice” what you are learning. If the PowerPoint tutorials are opening in “full screen” mode rather than in your browser window, try one of the following:

  • Win 95, 98SE & NT4
    • On the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, then click Windows Explorer.
    • On the View menu in Windows Explorer, click Folder Options.
    • Click the File Types tab.
    • In the Registered file types list, click to select PPS extension Microsoft PowerPoint Slideshow.
    • Click Edit.
    • Click to select the “Browse in same window” check box. Then click OK twice.
  • Win XP & 2000:
    • On the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, point to Accessories, then click Windows Explorer.
    • On the Tools menu in Windows Explorer, click Folder Options.
    • Click the File Types tab.
    • In the Registered file types list, click to select PPS extension Microsoft PowerPoint Slideshow, then click Advanced.
    • Click to select the “Browse in same window” check box.
    • Then, click OK twice

Additional Training

Besides the PowerPoint lessons, you will see links to additional helpful lessons made available by others and freely available online.  If you have an internet connection, you can take advantage of these links to further your study of specific topics.

If you come across any broken links, please email me.
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