Family Tree provides shortcut keys that you can use to enter "before," "after," "B.C.," date ranges, "years," "months," and "days." The following table shows you the shortcut key, provides an example, and shows the standardized form of the date.
Shortcut keys are useful when data entry is difficult and in languages like Chinese, where entering one character can require multiple keystrokes.
| Shortcut | Example | Standardized form |
| [year]- | 1624- | after 1624 |
| --[year] | --1624 | before 1624 |
| [year]-[year] | 1623-1624 | from 1623 to 1624 |
| -[year] | -1624 | 1624 B.C. |
| [number]y * | 8y | 8 years |
| [number]m * | 3m | 3 months |
| [number]d * | 18d | 18 days |
*Note: Enter the shortcut key using the first letter of the word in English. To enter "year," for example, you would type y.
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