Been reading the messages about PAF versus AQ, have a couple of questions. I haven't worked much with PAF recently and there probably have been changes made since I started it. But AQ, is this a program much like PAF? And is it upgraded from time to time (like I understand PAF won't be upgraded any more)? And is AQ through the church, or is it a commercial program and must be purchased? Is it a one time fee or is it something you have to re-purchase yearly? Mel Gaylon Findlay wrote: > Lila: > > Yes, GEDCOMs will go from PAF to AQ seamlessly. But there is even a > better way. AQ can directly convert databases from PAF into AQ and from > AQ into PAF (you won't need to use GEDCOM unless you really want to). AQ > can also work with your PAF file so that you don't need to export it or > convert it. You can even use AQ to deal with the advanced features, then > go back to using PAF. Since they both use the same database, you can > alternate which program you use. > > You can use AQ to edit your PAF data, then use PAF to print your German > reports on the same data. > > AQ has the ability for users to translate the program into any language > in the world. At present, we are not aware of any who have fully taken > advantage of this capability -- we have heard of some efforts to start > translating into Danish, German, French, Dutch, Vietnamese, Spanish, > Polish and I believe Russian. But I don't believe any are complete (the > Danish is very close). > > AQ will work a little differently than PAF when it comes to reports. You > won't have to use the whole program in German to get a German report. > You will be able to use the program in English, and choose German as the > report language. So you won't have to "memorize which buttons to click". > (Even before a German translation is fully available, you could use your > PAF Family Group Sheet as a guide, and translate the Family Group Sheet > of AQ into German so that you could use AQ to do this. -- Or, you can > just use the German version of PAF to do this while you use AQ in English.) > > Yes, there is a support mailing list for AQ: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncestralQuest > > You can go to www.ancquest.com and download the trial version of AQ. It > will open your PAF database. After a few minutes of playing with AQ, I > think you'll realize that it is so similar to PAF, that you won't "get > into trouble doing a changeover". (To give you peace of mind, you should > do a backup of your PAF database before you start experimenting like this.) > > Gaylon > > >