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Changing tag type to another

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I set up a custom tag called FSID to store FamilySearch IDs for my folks.  Not being conversant with Tag types, I set it up as an address type of tag, and stored the ID in the Title field.

I found out that the FS tag ID standard is FSFTiD, and that the Title field is usually for royalty. I'll deal with Title issues later.

What I would like to do without re-learning FoxPro (if I can even find a copy to use), is to find all of the people I've added the FSID to (about 50 or so, which I can do in a report), add an FSFTiD tag, copy the value of FSID to FSFTiD, then delete the FSID. Not asking too much is it?

I noted a comment by John Cardinal about 15 years ago that stated his utility could change tag types, but I just don't see that capability anywhere in the current version (7.4).

I can do all of the above manually, of course, but is there any way to do it mechanically?

Thanks.

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20 minutes ago, Jim Byram said:

Create the new tag type...

Use TMG Utility to change the old tags to the new tag.

https://www.johncardinal.com/tmgutil/

The TMG Utility for tags changes sort order or deletes them. Where is the facility to change them?

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