This sounds like the same question I asked some time ago. I think being able to go to all of your Source Details would be very useful since in the case of census and obituaries the same citation/detail is used for numerous people who are mentioned in that source. I got so used to this in FTM 2009 because it does allow you to see all your source citations and change it once so it applies to all that are linked to it.
If that were possible, I wouldn't still be cleaning up my GEDCOM import from months ago to move detail text from Citation Comments to Source Text where it belongs. I have to do this for every single person and while the source clipboard is helpful it leads to more steps than necessary. I'll be glad when it's done. The only other alternative is to create a source for every single obituary and census and that doesn't seem practical to me. Bill Boswell -----Original Message----- From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 6:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source detail problem Jane, It is not possible. Consider that: the Master Source applies to all uses of that source and contains all the information common to all uses of that source. The Detail Source should only be used for details which are specific to a particular instance of use of the Master Source (although it may be common to a small number of instances). Thus it makes no sense to have a method of changing them all at once - in fact since they are variable it cannot be done. The only way to change the Detail is to go to the Individuals etc. to which they are attached and change them there. Ron Ferguson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
