Could some kind person please show me how to make an addition to the layout of the property box. I would like to add an extra line with 2 items, just below the last item -- "Note". I would like it to look something like this: Note: [xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Last Updated: [ 6/8/2011 ] Update Note: [.......... Text........ ] I have read the "Edit Custom Item" and "Understanding Data References" articles, but had difficulty understanding what I was reading. I tried a "work-around", which kind of worked, but not satisfactorily. I took 2 of the less commonly used items -- "Adoption" and "Education' -- one with a date, and one with no date. Using the "Edit Custom Item" screen I changed the Custom Item Name of the first item to "Last Updated". I called the Part 1 Label "Last Updated:" and kept its Data Reference as "INDI.ADOP.DATE". I called the Part 2 Label "Update Note:" and kept its Data Reference as "INDI.EDUC(1)". At first this appeared to work fine in that the modified layout of the property box was just as I wished, and I could enter appropriate dates and text into the program. However, when I took a look at the "Facts" tabs, my newly entered data was there, with the words "Adoption" and "Education", instead of "Last Updated" and ""Update Note". This is not altogether surprising -- my problem is I don't understand how to modify the data references to meet my needs. So, if someone could point me in the right direction I would be most grateful. Thank you. Roger Reavill

<<snippet>> Could some kind person please show me how to make an addition to the layout of the property box. I would like to add an extra line with 2 items, just below the last item -- "Note". I would like it to look something like this: Note: [xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Last Updated: [ 6/8/2011 ] Update Note: [.......... Text........ ] <<snippet>> Roger, I assume that you do not want to add "Facts" at all, but simply be able to record a Date and Note of your last update. My suggestion is to use the "Last Change Notes" data reference. So replace "INDI.ADOP.DATE" with "INDI.CHAN.NOTE2[1]" and "INDI.EDUC(1)" with "INDI.CHAN.NOTE2[2]". The first is found under data reference Individual + Miscellaneous + Last Change Notes + Note. The second is identical except you must change the index [1] to [2] by hand. This approach uses standard GEDCOM tags, but unfortunately does not support the Date Assistant, because the DATE tag is not supported in this context. You will simply have to enter the Date in your own format as plain text. Hope this helps. Mike Tate