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From: Lee Hoffman/KY <>
Subject: Re: TMG-L: Deed Tags
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 21:42:49 -0500
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In-Reply-To: <000c01bf9c40$5b4a4fe0$1da70218@mrdn1.ct.home.com>


Ken Nelson wrote:
>From: barbara wentz <>
>> Now I am ready to enter a deed tag. I have three previous
>>queries on this subject printed out but I really am totally
>>clueless as to what to do.
>> I think for the time being I would like to keep it simple and just
>>have a grantor and grantee tag. I gather I have to make my own.
>> So I click New? Then comes the Tag Type Definition Screen
>>which I am afraid looks all Greek to me. Can someone please tell
>>me what to put in these fields. Is this the only screen I have to
>>deal with?
>>Hopefully when I have done one, I won't be so clueless. Thanks.
>
>The tag definition screen can be Greek to most any of us. The tag type
>definition screen comes up when we want to create a tag type that is
>not on the list. There is a Deed tag on the list. Unless there is some
>overwhelming urgency to create your own definition for a deed tag, I
>would use the one that is on the list. At some later date when you
>feel a bit more familiar with TMG then I would think about creating
>one. For now, stay with the ones that are there. It will be a whole
>lot less frustrating and you will enjoy TMG a whole lot more.

Sorry, Ken, if you have a Deed Tag in your dataset, it is a Custom Tag. A
Deed Tag is not a standard tag.

Barbara, for now all you need to do in the Tag Type Definition Screen is:
1. Replace the Label field entry of "New Tag" to the desired tag name that
you want.
2. Select the Other event Tag Group option (if it isn't already).
3. If you wish, make an entry in the Past Tense fields, but it isn't
required at this time.
4. Leave the GEDCOM field blank for now unless you have an entry to put there.
5. You may (or may not wish to change the Abbrev(iation) that is the
default. If you add Grantor and Grantee tags, then you might want Abbrevs
to be "gro" and "gre" respectively (or whatever).
6. You will probably want to change the Sentence Structures so that they
make some kind of sense. Click on the (Re)build Sentence Structures button
to create the initial entries. Then you can change them as needed. Or you
can just leave the initial entries and make changes in each tag. I prefer
to change here first to get the sentences close to what I might want in the
individual tags, but whatever you want is fine.
7. Click on the OK button to save the new tag.

Hope this helps -




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