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Quick reference
"How do I…?" in one table, with the lesson that explains it. Keep this page bookmarked.
Getting around
| I want to… | Do this | Lesson |
|---|
| Sign in | Sign in with Google (or fingerprint or face after the first time) | 2 |
| Add Asal Ku to my phone | Browser menu → Add to Home screen / Install app | 2 |
| Switch light or dark mode, or sign out | Round picture (top right) | 2 |
| Change the language | Round picture → Profile and settings → Language | 12 |
| Understand a symbol on a card | Trees → Symbols | 3 |
Trees and people
| I want to… | Do this | Lesson |
|---|
| Create a tree | Trees → orange + → fill in → Submit | 3 |
| Find a person in any tree | Type their name in the top search box | 3 |
| Find a person in the open tree | "Find a person" box | 4 |
| See a person's details | Click (computer) or press and hold (phone) | 4 |
| See the tree from someone's point of view | Perspective → tap the person | 4 |
| Start editing | Open the tree → Edit Node → tap a person | 5 |
| Add a parent, spouse, child or sibling | Edit Node → person → Add a … | 5 |
| Join two people already in the tree | Edit Node → person → Link an existing … | 5 |
| Say a child is adopted, foster or step | Birth, foster, adopted or step | 5 |
| Change a name, date or photo | Edit Node → person → Edit details and photo | 6 |
| Speak a name instead of typing | Language button, then orange microphone | 6 |
| Take back a mistake | Undo (before pressing Done) | 7 |
| Finish editing | Done | 5 |
| Delete a person | Edit Node → person → Delete this person | 5 |
| Delete a whole tree | Bin button on the card (owner only) | 3 |
Pictures, audio and video
| I want to… | Do this | Lesson |
|---|
| Open a person's gallery (phone) | Press and hold (or tap while editing) → Gallery | 8 |
| Open a person's gallery (computer) | Click the person → Gallery | 8 |
| Add a picture, video or recording | Take a photo / Record a video / Record audio / Choose files | 8 |
| Add a caption or date | Open the item → Caption and Date → Save | 8 |
| See all of a tree's pictures | Picture button on the tree card (Memories) | 8 |
| See how much storage I use | Profile and settings → Storage | 8 |
Sharing and forests
| I want to… | Do this | Lesson |
|---|
| Let a relative look at my tree | Share icon → Share for View-Only → send the link or QR | 9 |
| Let a relative help me edit | Share icon → Share to a Manager | 9 |
| Open a tree someone shared | Open their link, or Scan QR on the list | 9 |
| Remove a shared tree from my list | Leave button on its card | 9 |
| Connect a person to another family's tree | Person → Connections → Connect to another tree | 10 |
| Answer a connection request | Forests → yellow bar → Accept / Decline | 10 |
| See a whole forest | Forests → tap a card | 10 |
| Change what another family sees | Person → Connections → tick boxes | 10 |
| Let relatives find my tree | Profile and settings → Connected trees → Being found | 10 |
Calendar
| I want to… | Do this | Lesson |
|---|
| See birthdays and anniversaries | Calendar in the bottom bar | 11 |
| Get phone alerts | Calendar → Reminders → Add dates to my calendar | 11 |
| Button | Where | Does |
|---|
| ⊕ parent / link parent / unlink parent / relation | Above the person | Add, link or remove a parent; change birth / foster / adopted / step |
| ⊕ spouse / link spouse / unlink spouse / status | Right | Add, link or remove a partner; change married / divorced |
| ⊕ child / link child / unlink child | Below | Add, link or remove a child |
| details / delete | Left, top | Edit the person; delete the person |
| ⊕ sibling / link sibling | Left, middle | Add or link a brother or sister |
| gallery | Left, bottom | Open the person's gallery |
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