jcthacyk wrote: > Is that the new way since version 7.4? I certainly hope so because if it's > been that way since version 7 I'll have an awful lot of cleaning up to do > too. I wouldn't even know where to begin. >
It has been that way as long as I can remember and it has always been explained in the help files. > I just tried it with a phoney source and it adds the source to birth, > baptism, death, buried, and all the events listed in the events section at > the bottom. > That is really terrible!! It may have resulted in terrible results but it was doing what you told it to do. > So....... If I'm understanding this correctly, we are back to lots of > clicking entering sources from the clipboard one at a time for each thing. > I used to like that feature. Find a death record that has the full name, > birth date & place, the death date & place, and the burial date & place on > it .... 1 click. Now it's 4 clicks to avoid ending up with sources added to > things that have nothing to do with that source. > Not really. Using the source functions properly will save lots of time. There good directions and explanations in the help files. A very good reason to read the help file regarding a function of the program BEFORE using that function on your real files. That is a caution that applies to every single piece of software in existence. -- Gene Y. http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm Researching Young, Zies, Harer & Cox with Legacy Family Tree 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

