TMG Tutorials
	by Lee Hoffman

The following articles and tutorials are meant to help TMG users use TMG to its fullest capabilities.  While many are for new users, some are a little more advanced and a little bit of knowledge of TMG makes these more helpful.

Some of these were written for earlier versions of TMG.  The general principles of each still apply, but the details may differ slightly.  Some apply to all versions.

• Novice users:
• Helpful start-up hints and tips for using TMG -- good for new users. (All versions of TMG)
• Things to do after importing data into TMG from some other source (All versions of TMG)
• The standards that I use for data entry.(All versions of TMG).
• Tutorial on Entering Sources (TMG v4x and earlier, very similar to TMG v5x)
• TMG Fonts. (All versions of TMG).
• Backup Plans -- a suggested plan for backing up your work.
• Backup Verification -- how to be sure that your backup will work when you need it.
• Intermediate Users
• Adoptions, Step-Children, etc.
• Creating a Custom Picklist (TMG v4x and earlier, principles apply to v5x).
• How to Create and set the RELATED_BY Flag.

• Version for TMG v4x and earlier.

• Version for TMG v5x/v6x/v7x using Book Manager.

• How to use the splitting Memo fields. (All versions of TMG).
• Tutorial for Creating Tag and Witness Sentences.(All versions of TMG).
• Tutorial on Report Filters. (All versions of TMG).
• More on Report Filters.(All versions of TMG).
• How to create Custom Source Types. (TMG v4x and earlier, principles apply to v5x)
• Creating a new dataset of selected persons. (TMG v4x and earlier, principles apply to v5x)
• Changing List of People Report name attributes (upper case to mixed case). (TMGW v4x only).
• Auto-Creating a Timeline from your TMG Dataset.
  • Version for TMG v4x and earlier
  • Version for TMG v5/v6/v7 
• Moving TMGW to a new computer. (Primarily TMGW v4x, but generally also v5x)
• An overview of Merging in TMG (Written for v5.x and later, applicable to all versions of TMG).
• Some ideas on merging datasets. (TMG v4x and earlier, principles apply to v5x)
• Copying Sources from one project/data set to another.
• Creating Report Table of Contents. 
• Verifying your Backup files  
• Using the Book Manager feature to manage reports.
• Adding To-Do items to a project with Research Tasks. 
• Using Research Tasks to help in doing research.
• Advanced users:
• Basics of the TMG File Structure. (All versions of TMG)
• How to retain View History between sessions. (TMGW v4x only).
• Creating Acceptable Reports (TMG v6x, principles apply to all versions).

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