Mary Jo Gatti first asked: > In data entry, I’m trying to decide how to add “Dr.” to > a person’s name... Is there a way to add the title only > after he receives his doctorate but not before? Lee Hoffman and Rob Geldart responded with suggestions to add Name-Var tags. Mary Jo then replied: > Thanks Lee and Bob for your suggestions. > It’s doable but sounds a bit complicated... If you try a few, Mary Jo, I think you will find it is not complicated. And changing things once in TMG means not having to edit the report every time you produce a new version. But I would also suggest first deciding for that person which name (with or without the title) you wish to assign to the majority of event tags. Choosing which Name-Var to be Primary, and thereby used by default, will mean you minimize the number of event tags you need to edit to set to a different non-Primary name as described below. The steps to use Name-Var tags are as Lee mentioned: - Add a new Name-Var tag type which includes the title. This is in addition to the existing Name-Var tag which does not have the title. - Make this new Name-Var tag with title Primary *if* most of the event tags and output are to use the title. - One by one edit the event tags which should use a non-Primary name. You don't need to edit any event tags which should use the Primary name as they will use that by default. - Find where the person is linked to this tag. This will either be on the Tag Entry screen if they are a Principal, or on the the Edit witness screen if they are a Witness. Notice the field at the top to the far right of the person's name. By default it will indicate the tag will use the name currently assigned to this person as their "Primary name". Click on that field and it will drop down a list of all the name variations defined for this person. Just click on the desired non-Primary name in the list to select it to be used for this event tag. That is all there is to it. Do this once and the tags will use the desired name for all reports without need for post editing. (Of course whether the full name, or a part of the name, or a pronoun is used will depend on the variable for that subject in the sentence.) Hope this gives you ideas, Michael