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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Unknowns
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:59:54 -0400
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Darrell A. Martin wrote:
>If you put them in a separate dataset, they are not "visible". By
>putting them in the same dataset as identified you can use all of TMG's
>tools (without having to switch back and forth) to help you find
>possible duplicates, identifications, etc.

Well, yes and no. Data in other data sets of a project may or may
not be visible depending on which data sets are active or inactive
(enabled or disabled). If a data set is disabled (inactive), it is
not visible and does not "interfere" with your (active) data. On the
other hand, having multiple data set active (enabled) can cause the
user to be confused at times when a person known not to be in a
certain family/data set is suddenly displayed when the user has
forgotten momentarily that a different family/data set is also active
(enabled). Thus the "other" data set has "interfered" with the
main data set (just for a second) in the same way that the same
display _could_ "interfere" by being visible when in the same data
set. In both cases, the user must be aware of what is going
on. Neither is bad, both have their good points.

Hope this helps -

Lee Hoffman/KY
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My website: <http://www.tmgtips.com/lhoffman>;
A user of the best genealogy program, The Master Genealogist (TMG)


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