TMG Cheat Sheet, Version 9.0 (Variables, Navigation, and Editing)
Variables – Principal/Subject
Function Keys
Surety
[P]
Current Principal
F1
Help
[PO]
Other Principal
F2
Picklist/Search
[P1|2]
Principal #1 or #2
F3
Repeat
[S]
Subject of current sent.
^ F3
List Repeat Values
[R:role]
Person in that role
F4
Add
1
2
P1
ID
P2
ID
D
P
M
Event
Date
Event
Place
Memo
Info
Surety Values
3
Primary, contemporary source
..G
Given name (Mary Sue)
F5
Edit
2
Reliable secondary source
..F
First name (Mary)
F6
Delete
1
Less reliable secondary source
Guess or assumption
Disproven
..L
Last name (Smith)
^ F6
Cycle Windows
0
..GS
Poss. given (Mary Sue's)
F7
Expand Memo
-
..FS
Poss. first (Mary's)
F9
OK/Close
..LS
Poss. last name (Smith's)
F10
Menu
..S
Poss. full (Mary Sue Smith’s)
(doesn't work for R)
F11
Calendar
^ F11
DNA Log
[UND:]
Underline
Force name (no pronoun)
F12
Research Log
[BOLD:]
Bold
^ F12
Exhibits
[ITAL:]
Italics
[SUP:]
Superscript (1)
[SUB:]
Subscript (1)
[WEB:]
(See below)
[SCAP:]
SMALL CAPS
[CAP:]
ALL CAPS
..+
[FATH(O)]
Father of [P] (or [PO])
[MOTH(O)]
Mother of [P] (or [PO])
[PAR(O|1|2]
"son/daughter of [PAR]"
Creating Tags
[PP]
his/her
^V
Name-Var
[OBJ]
him/her
^B
Birth
^M
Marriage
^D
Death
Special Variables – Role/Subject
Blank = no info from source
Formatting (in order applied)
[SP] [RP:role]
he/she
Burial
[FCAP:]
Cap First Letter
[SPP] [RS:role]
^U
his/her
History
[LIND:]
Left indent
[SM] [RM:role]
^H
him/her
[SA] [RA:role]
Age
Navigation (Jumps)
[SE] [RE:role]
Exact age
^P
Person View
Special Sentence Constructions
[SPAR]
[RPAR:role]
“son/daughter of
[PAR]”
^Y
Family View
[:CR:]
Carriage return
[SFATH]
[SMOTH]
Primary name of subj
father/mother
^T
Tree View
[:NB:]
Non-breaking space
^L
Last Subject & View
[:TAB:]
Tab
^I
Jump to ID number
<>
Conditional
^K
Bookmark Manager
x|x
1 [P] known | both [P]
known
^S
Last bookmark
x || x
Living=N || Living=Y or ?
^ [Enter]
Jump to current name
-
Exclude (selectively hide)
^ [Up]
Previous in Explorer
--
Exclude always
^ [Dn]
Next in Explorer
{}
Sensitive (selectively hide)
[:NP:]
Suppress ending punctuation
[+]
Join with previous sentence.
Other Variables
[CENTER:]
[W(+)]
Current witness
[WO]
All other witnesses
[D]
Date of event
[DD]
Day & date of event
[Y]
Year of event
[L2]
[DETAIL]
[L3]
[CITY]
[L4]
[COUNTY]
[L5]
[STATE]
[L6]
[COUNTRY]
[A(O|1|2)]
Age of [P] (or PO, etc.)
[A(O|1|2)E]
Exact age of [P] (etc.)
[N]
Current name of [P]
[Mn] or
[WMn]
Memo segments 1-9 or
witness memo segment
 Link to a web page:
[M0]
Do not print memo
 Link to an email address:
[M]
Same as M1
Other Windows/Functions
^A
Accent
^R
Relationship Calc.
^O
Open Project
^N
New Project
^\
Timelines on/off
^E
Start GenSmarts
[WEB:]url(;text)[:WEB]
[EMAIL:](text;)address[:EMAIL]
Centered
Other Special Codes
 Suppress birth places (in
"NarrativeChildren" tag only):
[:NoBirthPlaces:]
 Embed a citation in a memo:
[CIT:]n:s;details;memo[:CIT]
n = source number, s = surety
All elements are optional.
 Index a name, word, or phrase:
[INDEX:]name of index: level 1;
level 2[:INDEX]
(Use commas to avoid line breaks.)
Note: This list is based on my own most common usage, and as such does not contain all variables (e.g. I almost never use L1, L7-10).
TMG Cheat Sheet, Version 9.0 (Source Elements & Sort Dates)
Partial List of Common Source Elements
Grp#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
(eponymous elements are not listed, to save space)
Element Group
Standard Elements
Custom Elements
Title
[Bible Title]
[Book Title]
[Journal Title]
[Newspaper Title]
Short Title
[Short Title]
Subtitle
[Article Title]
[Chapter Title]
Short Subtitle
[Short Article Title]
[Short Chapter Title]
Record Type
[Record Type]
Author
[Agency]
[Informant]
[Speaker]
Subject
[Household]
[Name of Person]
[Testator]
Compiler
[Compiler]
Editor
[Editor]
Second Person
[Interviewer]
[Recipient]
[Ship Name]
Date
[Compile Date]
[Interview Date]
[Printout Date]
[Publish Date]
Second Date
[Original Date]
Location
[Address]
[Author Address]
[Jurisdiction]
[Listserve]
Second Location
[Author E-Mail]
[URL]
Publisher
[Publisher]
Publisher Location
[Publisher Address]
Series
[Series]
Edition
[Record Group]
Version
[Roll]
Volumes
[Volume]
Pages
[Document]
[Page]
Repository
[Repository]
Repository Info
[Repository Address]
Repository
[Repository Reference]
Reference
File Reference
[File Name]
Record Number
[Call Number]
[Manuscript Info]
[Register]
Film Number
[Film]
Comments
[M] or [Mn]
(source comments)
Citation Detail
[CD] or [CDn]
Citation Reference
[CRef]
Citation Memo
[CM] or [CMn]
Repository Memo
[RM] or [RMn]
Sort Order for Sort Dates
(h/t Michael Hannah for original list)
Before 21 Jul 2007
Before 21 Jul 2007?
Say 21 Jul 2007
Say 21 Jul 2007?
Circa 21 Jul 2007
Circa 21 Jul 2007?
21 Jul 2007
21 Jul 2007?
After 21 Jul 207
After 21 Jul 2007?
21 Jul 2007-22 Jul 2007
21 Jul 2007-23 Jul 2007
21 Jul 2007-24 Jul 2007 --- etc.
21 Jul 2007 or 22 Jul 2007
21 Jul 2007 or 23 Jul 2007
21 Jul 2007 or 24 Jul 2007 --- etc.
21 Jul 2007 to 22 Jul 2007
21 Jul 2007 to 23 Jul 2007
21 Jul 2007 to 24 Jul 2007 --- etc.
Advanced Formatting Codes
[HTML:]
HTML code
[HID:]
Hidden text
(never print)
[FONT<val>:]
(e.g. [FONTG:])
T=text
S=surnames
G=given
D=dates
L=place
B=labels
M=memos
E=exponents
I=titles
P=page #s
[SIZE:]#;text[:SIZE]
Point size for
scalable fonts
[COLOR:rgbrgb]
Text (1-3) and
background
(4-6) RGB
values
Escape character: \
e.g. \[1850\] prints [1850] instead of
looking for a variable by that name.
Note: This list is based on my own most common usage, and as such does not contain all elements.
See TMG Help under Tools Menu -> Master Source List -> Source Element Groups for a complete list.