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Subject: Re: [TMG] "Permanent" Sort Date
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 11:51:18 EDT


Laurie wrote:
>There are several tags I want sorted in a particular order at the bottom of
the tag box on person view. I do not want a "real" date. These "events" are
mainly the different reference numbers I use for the various family lines
within my one data set project, but also include some Name-Var tags. They
will only be printed when I have a specific need for them, not in a general
Individual Narrative or Journal report, probably just "List of Events"
reports. The particular order is so I can see at a glance which tags I have.
I have a devised a sort date sequence for these tags and have been adding
the sort date when I add the tag. I realize I can set the order of undated
tags via TMG Utuility after the fact, but I would rather have a default sort
date for the tag when I add it. I can't see a way to do that, other than
copying the tag from another person and changing the ID and data for the new
>person, in which case, I may as well add a new tag and enter the sort date.
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I assume these are fixed dates each of which goes with a specific tag. If
so, you could use text macros (Tools menu) for the sort dates, one macro for
each date. If the macro dates are in the same sequence (Shift F-2,
F-3......F-12) it may not be too hard to remember the macro-tag association.

Virginia B.





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