In English, there is only one gender, called neutral in the English templates. In languages other than English, you may need to use multiple genders. For example, in English, a pushbutton and a radiobutton.

To create and use genders, follow these basic steps:

• Create the gender: When you create a new gender, it is copied from an existing gender of your choice.
   
• Edit the class to use the appropriate gender: After you have created the genders as necessary, you must assign the correct gender to the class.
   
• Edit the text for the events: Edit the text to be gender-appropriate for the events in a class. If the event uses the default template, then all events that use the default template for that gender are also updated.

To create a new gender:

1. In the Template Editor, open the Template.xml file you want to edit.
    
2. In the Gender toolpane, right-click the gender you want to copy to create a new gender.
    
3. From the shortcut menu, click Create New Gender.
    
4. Enter a name in the Name field for the gender.
    
5. Click OK.

To edit the gender for the class:

1. Scroll the list of Classes as necessary and double-click the Class definition you want to edit.
    
2. Click the Gender list and select the appropriate gender.
    
3. Click OK.

To edit the text for an event:

1. In the pane to the right of the Event list, double-click the text element you want to edit.
    
2. Edit the element text as appropriate for the gender.
    
3. Click OK.

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