At 12:01 AM 6/10/1998 -0400, you wrote: > >Ira, and others: I have wondered about the "!" for a long time. In >several GEDCOM files that I have imported into CFT, each entry in the Notes >for each person is preceded by this pesky exclamation point. Does anyone >know why this symbol is used, what was its original purpose? It sure is a >nuisance to go through thousands of Notes and remove the danged thing. > >SgtGeorge > Ira and George - Straight from the PAF Manual: "Tagged Notes - A tag is a label that you put at the beginning of a note to classify it as being a certain type or on a certain topic. A tag can be any letter, word, phrase, or code, up to 25 characters. It may or not be capitalized, and it may or may not be followed by a colon." "To make notes that will be printed when you print family group records, type an exclamation point as the first character in the note (or tag). Do not leave a space after the exclamation point. When you print family group notes, the exclamation point will not be printed." Almost every note of mine in PAF had an exclamation point in front of it. As I recall, the entire note to the end of the paragraph would be printed. Ed Blakeley Ed Blakeley