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{{man note| Importing vs. opening |Please recognize that importing a database is different from opening a database. When you import, you are actually bringing data from one database into a Gramps database. When you open a file, you are editing your original file.}}
To import data, select the menu {{man menu|Family Trees ->Import}} or the [[Gramps_4.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Keybindings#2|keybinding]] {{Man key press|CTRL|I}} . The '''Import database''' dialog will open, asking you to specify the file you wish to import.
Note that you can only import data into an existing database so if you are transferring all your data from another program or from an older version of Gramps, then first create a new empty database and then import the data into it.
