Another solution is to use the authored (not edited) template and add the word "compiler" without the quotes in the author name suffix field. (I try to avoid citation overrides for a variety of reasons).
Connie Jenny M Benson wrote: > Back in September last year someone > asked about using SourceWriter when > citing a book which was "compiled" rather than "edited". > > Someone suggested that entering the compiler's surname as > "Surname, > compiler" would have the desired end-result of "Forename > Surname, > compiler." Well, yes, it does, but in fact the > citation will then read > "Title, Forename Surname, compiler, editor ..." which is > not very > satisfactory. > > The solution I gave at the time was to override the Master > Source, > changing "editor" to "compiler" in the Bibliography and > then making the > same change to the Footnote/Endnote Citation at the Detail > Source level. > > Now that this situation has actually arisen in my own > Sources, I am > thinking that this will be very irksome if I ended up with > a lot of > compiler citations! I am wondering why it is not > possible to edit the > Master Source Citation so that the word Editor can be > changed to > Compiler throughout, not just for the Bibliography? I > have submitted a > Feature Request to Legacy, asking that a third option of > "compiled" be > added to the existing "authored" and "edited." > -- > Jenny M Benson > 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
