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From: Terry Reigel <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] All at once Family NAME Change?
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 13:32:09 -0400
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>In a message dated 10/4/2002 9:18:44 AM Central Standard Time,
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>>I'd like to offer a dissenting view. I would not encourage anyone to use
>>the sort name feature in this way. The problem is that the name is then
>>always sorted in the "wrong" place -- you cannot find it where it's
>>supposed to be if you look for the actual spelling. Instead of changing
>>the sort name, I suggest adding a "standard" name tag that uses the
>>standardized spelling you prefer. This way, the name appears with all
>>the others in the Picklist, but is also available in the picklist under
>>the actual spelling of the name, so if you find it in a source you can
>>look it up that way.
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>Actually, why can't you have the name sort under both?
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That's what I was recommending. But to do that you have to have two name
tags. One with the name as you found it, and the other with your
"standardized" name. You cannot have a single name tag sort in two places.
Terry Reigel
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