# More training for reading coding in letter templates **URL:** \ **Category:** TaxCycle General\ **Created:** [July 17, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/more-training-for-reading-coding-in-letter-templates/3641 "2020-07-17T22:16:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@teena](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/teena)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/more-training-for-reading-coding-in-letter-templates/3641/1 "2020-07-17T22:16:34Z")
One of my roles in our office is to customize the Letter templates (ELetter and CLetter). Sometimes, I am asked to move around paragraphs, add in additional information, format our own unique paragraphs. What I am finding is that TaxCycle’s coding is now having more layers or levels. I can’t easily move a paragraph and put it somewhere else and have it work. I do look for the opening and closing coding around information, and have attended all the template webinars provided by TaxCycle but I believe I would benefit for more training to read what is there. Please contact me if this is something you can provide or where I can go to get more training. Thanks! Teena ---
**Author:** ![officetaxmanagers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f9ae1b/32.png) [@officetaxmanagers](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/officetaxmanagers)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/more-training-for-reading-coding-in-letter-templates/3641/2 "2020-07-19T12:49:37Z")
Great suggestion Teena, I would too would LOVE more in-depth template coding lessons. I know some TC users are familiar with coding from other programs, or it comes naturally to them, but there are those of us out there where coding is seen as a bit of ‘black magic’ and need a bit more hand holding than a forum response ’ just insert {{random\_line: of ©ode\*}] (me pretending to know how to code for this example) to fix your template issue’. As a result - I am scared to modify my templates…the handful of times I did try to spend a couple hours doing so, the results were questionable - I currently have one template that I use, but manually modify each one i because I screwed something up I can’t figure out how to fix, and too shy to ask for help. The a bility to modify or create templates in Tax Cycle is amazing, and I have to say a green monster of jealousy does pop up when someone posts on the forum about the amazing form they made but ran into a tiny (but super complicated to me) glitch in their coding. I would love to see say, 4- 1h coding lessons on 4 different types of forms, one a week, and also focused on how to fix or look for errors. ---
**Author:** ![rachelavryl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@rachelavryl](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/rachelavryl)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/more-training-for-reading-coding-in-letter-templates/3641/3 "2020-07-19T14:46:22Z")
**I agree… I am completely baffled… it looks very confusing…every time I have tried to watch the tutorials… I am very lost… it is like the presenter assumes I know something that I clearly do not know. I do not know how to articulate what it is I do not know.** **I was trained in accounting… In the 80s, I had some DOS training but that is a very very long time ago.** **My solution is that I modify each and every letter… use joint were possible, (350+ personal tax clients)** **Yes, insanely time consuming but I am a one person office and have nobody to turn to.** **To all of you technical people out there… my greatest admiration**