Ideas Genie
Software for Plants and Gardens

by Ideas for Gardens.com
User Guide - Applies to Ideas Genie Pro 6 and Bonsai Genie 6
Last updated: 8th April 2024

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Index

About screenshots

Introduction

Getting Started

Setting Up

Preferences

Database preferences

 

Plant Culture/Property
 classifications- GA603

Plants and Gardens-GA604

Garden Photos - GA605

 

Articles - GA607

Plant Care
Classifications GA611

My Garden - GA616

Specimens - GA629

Link Photos - GA630

Reviews - GA632

 

 

Web Projects - GA642

Tasks - GA647

GA100 screens

Backups

 

Create a New Database

Open another database

Restore

Pack files

Reindex Files

Change Code Page

Special - GA912

Where is everything?

FAQ

Glossary

Common Controls

Index by Program Name

Acknowledgements

About us

Product support

Sponsored Links

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Index to User Guide

Introduction

Introduction

 

Getting started

A quick guided tour with screenshots to help you Get Started or to evaluate the software.

 

 

Section 1

Setting up and Personalising Ideas Genie

 

Section 2

Programs under the File tab

 

Section 3

Programs under the Setup tab

 

  • Plant Culture/Property classifications - GA603
  • Preferences
  • Database Preferences (Thumbnails folder)
  • Preferences - Startup programs
  • Plant Care classifications
  • Origins for specimens
  • Books (in relation to Articles program)
  • Magazines (in relation to Articles program)
  • Other sources (in relation to Articles program)
  • Topics for Articles
  • Families
  • Genera with Classifications/Categories
  • Plant Types
     

Section 4

Programs under the Programs tab

 

Section 5

Programs under the Reports tab

 

  • Garden Tour Document
  • My Garden
  • My Plants
  • Print Photos

Section 6

Programs under the Labels tab

 

  • Labels
     

Section 7

Programs under the Translate tab

 

  • Get another language set
  • Program Names
  • Help Topics
  • Messages
  • Captions
  • Menu tabs and options
  • Help balloons
  • Backup - My Translations
  • Restore - My translations

Section 8

Programs under the Tools tab

 

  • Embed photos
  • Resize photos

 

Programs under the Register tab

Section 9

  • Your local agent
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Section 15

Programs under the Help tab

 

  • Help program
  • Your local agent
  • Product support
  • Check for updates
  • More software

Section 16

Where is everything?
Program files and Data files are stored in different folders.
This section discusses where and how to find them

 

Section 17

Product Support
Program updates and more
 

Common Controls

Glossary

FAQ

FAQ (Frequently asked questions)

 

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