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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Filing System
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:00:19 -0400
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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.

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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