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From: "Jane Sarles" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] F2 Key needs help
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 23:18:36 -0500
References: <6.2.1.2.2.20051231232627.02500af8@mail.bellsouth.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20051231234405.0275c4a8@mail.bellsouth.net> <43B7D0D5.4060908@charter.net>


Jim,

I would be interested in knowing how to do that, if it isn't too
complicated.

Jane

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Campbell" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: [TMG] F2 Key needs help


> For those of you who are using a wheel mouse, it is possible to set up
> Windows so that a depression of the wheel causes the same action as the
> depression of F3. It is very handy to move your cursor to a new field and
> depress the wheel to cause the previous entry to be filled in. If you
> don't know how to set up the wheel in Windows, let me know and I'll try to
> resurrect how to do it.
>
> Jim Campbell
>
> Lee Hoffman wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Would someone on the list know a way
>>> to clean up the F2 repeat Key so that I don't keep spelling
>>> Pennsylvania ( Pennyslvania ) over and over again as well as so many
>>> reputions of the same city, county and state.
>>
>>
>> Hmm!! I am a bit unsure as to what you are asking. The [F2] key is the
>> Search key and displays the Picklist of (in this case) the Master Place
>> List. The Repeat key is the [F3] key and each pressing of it in a field
>> enters the immediately prior entry (up to the prior 15 unique entries).
>>
>> So if you are using the [F2] key, place the cursor in the State field,
>> press [F2] and select Pennsylvania from the Picklist.
>>
>> However, if you have previously entered Pennsylvania in the State field,
>> then place the cursor in the State field and press [F3] to enter
>> Pennsylvania into the field. This assumes that the immediately prior
>> entry in a State field was Pennsylvania. If the immediately prior entry
>> was something else, then press [F3] again (up to 15 times) until
>> Pennsylvania is entered into the field. If the previous 15 unique
>> entries does not include Prennsylvania, the you will have to either use
>> [F2] or type it in again.
>>
>> Hope this helps -
>>
>> Lee Hoffman/KY
>> TMG Tips: <http://www.tmgtips.com>;
>> My website: <http://www.tmgtips.com/lhoffman>;
>> A user of the best genealogy program, The Master Genealogist (TMG)
>
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