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From: apn <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Question Paragraph Indentation
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 16:55:55 -0500
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Good Afternoon,

Terry wrote:

>On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:01:44 -0500, apn wrote:
>
>
>
>>In printing an Individual Narrative report, I have
>>inserted a [TAB] for the beginning of the first
>>sentence/paragraph. When I print it out it has, i.e.,
>>Mary Jane Doe (1) on the first line with no indentation.
>>The rest of the line is blank. Then the second line is
>>indented and begins Mary Jane Doe (1) was born on --
>>etc., etc.
>>
>>
>
>The first thing printed in the body of a narrative report is the
>person's primary name, followed optionally by ID#, generational
>numbers, and name and parent tag sources notes.
>
>Then, the report writer looks at the first tag (most often a birth
>group tag) and checks to see if the first thing in the sentence is the
>variable [P]. If it is, it ignores that variable, and continues with
>the rest of the tag sentence. But, if it's not, it puts a period, then
>prints the entire tag sentence.
>
>In your case, the first thing in the sentence is the [TAB] code, not
>the variable [P]. So, it puts the name, etc. on the first line, then
>prints your birth tag, beginning with the indent from the tab.
>
>So far as I know there is no way to indent the first sentence of the
>individual narrative.
>
>Terry Reigel
>
>
Thanks Terry for your explanation. I thought it was something 'obvious'
that I was not seeing. I'll just have to make the corrections in my
WordPerfect, it appears. Appreciate your explanation.

Pauline
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Dean Scribner wrote:

>
>Pauline,
> This is a known defect (read "feature") in TMG's Individual
>Narrative. There are a few ways to work around it, depending on what
>program you use to write the report. Beginning the first sentence with
>[:CR:][:TAB:] will leave the subject's name by itself on the first line
>with no indention, and start the second line the way you would prefer the
>first line to read. This has been brought up before, with no real
>solution, and very little sympathy. I can output to WordPerfect and
>delete that extraneous first line, but TMG really ought to offer the
>option to do that within TMG itself. Maybe if enough of us
>complain.............?
>Dean
>
>
Thanks for responding. I was just surprised to see it turn out the way
it did and I just supposed it to be something I was overlooking. I do
use WordPerfect so that will have to be my solution apparently.

Pauline

>Pauline wrote:
>In printing an Individual Narrative report, I have inserted a [TAB] for
>the beginning of the first sentence/paragraph. When I print it out it
>has, i.e., Mary Jane Doe (1) on the first line with no indentation. The
>rest of the line is blank. Then the second line is indented and begins
>Mary Jane Doe (1) was born on -- etc., etc. It doesn't seem to make any
>difference if the 'role' is Principal or Child. I had clicked the
>sentence box in the lower left of the tag entry so that I could make my
>sentence [:TAB:]<[P]> was born <[D]><[L]><[M]> I have 5 paragraphs
>following the birth that appears ok so I've apparently gotten something
>screwed up on the birth tag (the first paragraph of the report). Any
>help and suggestions are greatly appreciated. I get so much from this
>list--and I'm always asking for help.
>
>Pauline
>
>
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