Laura, Thank you again for your help. I used these variables this morning and they gave me the exact result that I wanted to achieve. Regards, Ron Bernier Woonsocket, Ri On Tuesday, September 25, 2012, Laura Beeman wrote: > Ron, > I hope you don't mind me emailing you direct. My posting to your > Rootsweb thread didn't go through. > > To get a woman's married surname instead of her maiden surname when > she is a Sharee and her husband is the Principal use: > [Thisperson:given] [Person:surname] > > ;given prints all the names in the given name box. > :first will print only the first name typed into the given name box. > > See Help, Sentence Template Language for ways to modify fields and > switches. > > I suggest creating a new database to play in when learning to write > sentences or try out new sentences. > > Laura > -- Ron Bernier Woonsocket, RI