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From: "Sharon Gabel" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Filing System
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 08:49:36 -0700
In-Reply-To: <4.1.20010601113940.01373f80@pop.mis.net>


How is it possible to find a document filed only by surname if one has MANY
documents concerning that one surname. I am struggling with my filing
@#$=&*!!!

AND/OR How can one file by source number if one has used generic sources in
certain instances?

Sinking (in paper stacks),
Sharon Wells Gabel

Doug Short wrote:
>Does anybody else file source material by TMG source number? You have to
>avoid the mass renumbering. If you screw up then your TMG backup is your
>security.

Lee Hoffman replied:
My use of the TMG Source number is not to find the source document. itself.
Instead I use it to find the Source in my dataset when I already have the
document "in hand" -- that is, I use the Source number as a cross-reference
only back to TMG. I file my documents by surname (with cross-reference
sheets pointing to the actual location when more than one surname is
involved) in chronological order.

As for the Tools=>Master Source List=>Renumber All (Compress) option, that
(like many options -- including other ways than just TMG) should only be
used after careful consideration of the consequences. Once I have a
dataset where I make use of the Source number outside of the dataset, then
I (as a rule) don't used the option. But until then, I have no problem.
Matter of fact, I use it a lot during initial clean-up of a dataset.



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