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Subject: Re: [TMG] Automatic "relation" tag - Opinions wanted
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 22:37:27 -0400
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>At 02:12 PM 6/1/03 -0400, wrote:
> >If I could see at a glance the relationship of the focus
> >person to:
> >
> >1. Joseph, the immigrant father 2. John who migrated to
> >Rockingham 3. me
> >
> >it would tell me at a glance where this person fits in
> >the tree and how much effort I want to put into him.
At 06:54 PM 1/06/2003, Terry Reigel wrote:
>It seems to me to work better doing this with a Related-by flag and
>accents, unless I don't understand what you are trying to accomplish.
>
>I have two related-by flags that show ancestors, siblings of
>ancestors, more distant cousins, and related by marriage only. One is
>for me, and the other is for my wife. Because of the several
>different conditions (in addition to accents for a Cleaned flag and a
>Connected flag) and the fact that my wife and I share some common
>ancestors, I find it's best to have separate accent settings for each
>of us. In TMG5 I have a pair of toolbar buttons that lets me switch
>between the two sets instantly.
>
>By using flags and Accents I can see the relationship not only for
>the focus person, as you would with a Relationship tag, but also for
>everyone in the Children and Sibling windows, and in the Picklist and
>Project Explorer. While this isn't as exact as a relationship tag, I
>find four "related-by" conditions tell me what I want to know about
>how much effort to put a particular person. But one could add several
>more levels if desired.
Terry
Good point. I'll give this another try. Not as much precision as the
related by flags but can be much more quickly picked up with the aid of
accents.
Thanks
Walt
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