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From: Karla Huebner <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Research & Output Solutions
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 22:10:43 -0400
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Sounds like you were a step ahead of me.
Karla
At 02:54 PM 9/2/02 -0500, you wrote:
>I ran into the same thing, plus when you have long memos in those tags
>none of the citations are listed until the end of the memo so you end up
>with citations you entered for the vitals listed after the memo which in
>turn may contain embedded citations. One solution is to embed the
>citations for the vitals in the sentence template before the memo, but I
>had too many of these when I converted from UFT.
>
>I chose a different approach. I do not put any memos with the BMDB tags. I
>then put all narrative in an anecdote (biography) tag. The journal
>narrative reports which I use frequently then print only the vitals of the
>BMDB in the first paragraph. This in turn is followed by the narrative and
>any other tags I may have included. The narrative can be interspersed
>between the other tags by use of a sort date if necessary.
>
>At 10:35 AM 9/2/2002 -0400, Karla Huebner wrote:
>>Re birth sentences, my default is: [P] was born <[D]> <[L]>. <[M]>
>>
>>The only problem I have with this structure is that if I have a memo of
>>any length, reports that start with BMDB data get a little top-heavy. I
>>have contemplated making separate "detail" tags for BMDB excess data so
>>that those could print in the more narrative part of the report, but that
>>has seemed like a dreadful amount of work.
>
>XXENDSXX
>
>Paul E. Lawrence
>
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