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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] default sentences
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2001 13:27:54 -0400
In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.0.20010901090239.00a1aaa0@mail.kci.net>


Elvera Johnson wrote:
>As I have begun to attempt to print some narrative reports, I have learned
>that the default
>sentences are often worded inappropriately.

I expect that you are speaking mostly of Custom tags. TMG will build the
Tag and Witness Sentences, but as you say, they are often not very good
grammatically. If you aren't sure whether a Tag is Custom or standard,
click on the plus (+) icon on the left of the Person View to display the
Tag Type List. Then click on the More>> button to change to the Expanded
Tag Type List. Then as you highlight any tag, the information about the
tag will be displayed showing whether it is standard or Custom.

On the other hand, the default Sentences of standard Tags are good. You
can change the default Sentences of either standard or Custom Tags either
globally or for any specific tag. If you change a Sentence for a specific
tag and then globally change the Tag or Witness Sentence, the individual
tag modified Sentence will remain.

>I am using v4.0c. Would that be corrected if I updated?

No, there is no change in how TMG builds Sentences. But don't let that
stop you from getting the v4.0d update. It is worth downloading and won't
cost you anything.

>Or when I get version 5 will those sentences be corrected? Today I
>encountered a sentence for a census that reads "[P] was census 1830 <[D]>
><[L]>" . I could change that to read "[P] was found on the census 1830
><[D]> <[L]>" or some other sentence, but I'm wondering if there isn't a
>better way to correct these sentences rather than changing each of them myself.

No, you will have to change it yourself. As for v5.0, I doubt there would
be mnuch change in this area even as late as v10.0. <g>

Hope this helps -

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