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From: Darrell Martin <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Entering / Selecting Places
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 19:41:40 -0500
References: <OF84F43643.17F9324F-ON86256F02.00769D5B@mck.us.ray.com>
In-Reply-To: <OF84F43643.17F9324F-ON86256F02.00769D5B@mck.us.ray.com>


At 04:40 PM 9/1/04, Mark Scott wrote:

>I am a recent convert from UFTree (yes, I know I'm behind) and am still
>getting familiar with TMG.
>In UFTree, while entering an event, I could enter part of a place name,
>press CTRL-D to get a list of similar places, and then, if it was in the
>list, select the place I wanted. The selected place would be entered into
>the event place field.
>
>TMG has a Master Place List. When entering an event, is it possible to
>pick a place from the Master Place List and have it inserted into the event
>place fields?
>=Mark Scott

Hi, Mark:

Yes, but be *VERY* careful. If you put the cursor in the first place field in the Tag screen, press F2, and choose from the place list; and then, after the place fields are filled in on the Tag screen, you edit them, you may (I think *will*) change all Tags that had the same original field values to agree with your edited values even if you have no intention whatever of doing that.

My solution is to use F2 **ONLY** to select a place that I am quite certain I am going to leave **exactly** as it was. Otherwise, I enter the data in each field from scratch. (If I thought I could select from the list, but there is even the most minor of discrepancies, I cancel the selection and return to the Tag.)

TMG uses a most unusual way of storing place information, and that is the cause of this behavior. The Master Place List is not, in the "raw data", what it appears to be on screen. I understand how it works, but fervently hope that an overhaul is nearing completion!

Darrell M.


Darrell A. Martin
a native Vermonter currently in exile in Illinois
http://www.darrell-martin.net/genealogy


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