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From: Richard Brogger <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Saving Exhibits
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 18:42:26 -0600
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MJ wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I've been off this Mailing List for a while so I apologize if this has been answered already. I'm now attempting to scan documents and add photos as Exhibits which I've got saved in my C:\My Pictures folder I searched the Archives and found the following question and answer:
> > b) Is there a way that the exhibits can be filed by family in separate
> > folders within an Exhibit folder. I note that (v5) the path under file>
> > preferences> paths it appears all exhibits will be in one (huge) folder.
>
> I have a folder D:\My Pictures. Under that I have five or six levels
> of subfolders. As I add images to Exhibit Log, the full path is
> recorded by TMG.
>
> I'm confused. Is it better to save all these External .jpg files under \My Pictures where I already have many subfolders for separating each of my ancestral families or should I keep documents in TMG5's "pics" folder?

Hello Mary Jo,

I too have a folder with 127 subfolders in several levels. As long as
we leave our exhibits in the same path, the system will work just
fine. If you think that you might move the exhibit files, then it is
best to have them in one folder.

> What's the benefit of the "pics" folder in TMG5?

I do not know of any benefit to that folder or location. For some OS
it might be better to have the folder in "My Documents".

> Would saving to 2 different external locations make it more time-consuming to keep changing the path when saving?

I am not sure what you mean. If you are refering to TMG backups and
including exhibits, one or more paths should make no difference. Or,
are you talking about keeping your image files in a folder for your
own use like "\My Pictures" and another for TMG exhibits? If the
later, it would take a little more time but not much. As each exhibit
is loaded from "\My Pictures" it can be saved in the "pics" folder or
another folder.

> Is there a step-by-step to follow?

A step-by-step to follow when doing what?

> Still getting used to TMG5,

Yeah, me too. Aren't we all?

> Mary Jo

Let me know what I have failed to answer.

Richard Brogger

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