EMu modules

Tip: See EMu modules and how to work with them for a description of each EMu module.

An EMu module has many features in common with other Windows applications you may be familiar with, including a Title bar, Menu bar, Status bar and Tool bar. It also includes Summary Data and a Tabs bar:

Tip: The main way to open a module is to select its button in the Command Centre (you'll find details in How to open and close modules). In a module you can search data, display records, create new records, amend existing records, run reports, and much more (you'll find details in Working with EMu records).

Each module has a number of tabs (located along the bottom of the module window). Think of a tab as a page, each one for recording different information. You access a page by either:

1. Selecting its tab in the Tabs bar

   -OR-

   Selecting its name from the Tabs menu in the Menu bar (e.g. Tabs>Biography).

In the example above, the Parties module is open to the Person page (note that the Person tab is highlighted).

Every page in a module is used to record different details, and will usually look different from other pages. However, the elements on each page are basically the same. A page consists of one or more fields, each with a descriptive label, and possibly a button or two

Related fields are grouped together under a heading. In the Person page of the Parties module (shown above) there are six groups of fields:

• Party Details
• Person Details
• Gender
• Language
• Derived Names
• Source of Information

Each grouping consists of one or more fields. Each field has a descriptive label. For example, the Language group consists of two fields:

• Primary
• Dialect

Note: In this documentation, fields are identified by their name and the group to which they belong, for instance: Primary: (Language). This refers to the Primary field, which is in the Language group of fields.