On 2010/04/04 14:53, Connie Sheets wrote: > I wrote: > >> While EE is an excellent book to own, and while Geoff and his crew >> have done a good job of creating templates based upon the book, >> owning the book will not solve the specific problem that Bill >> raises. > > and Mike Fry responded: > >> It can :-) >> >> Hint: On the "Source Template Index" window, the 'Show Evidence >> Explained page and section numbers' option actually extends the >> list with a rehash of the templates organised by Section and Page >> number within the book... > > Yes, which is why I mentioned it in my post; thanks for going into > more detail as to how to access that feature. > > However, I think we'll have to agree to disagree as to whether it > solves the problem. For some people it might. For me, it is very > clunky and not always useful. I just took 3 pages at random in EE: > only one resulted in being able to craft the citation as specified on > that page in the book. In the second case, while the page in EE > provides three choices as to what should be the lead element, > Legacy's template provides only one. And in the third example, there > is no Legacy template for the example on the page I selected: Legacy > tells me "No keywords found." > > So, while I will continue to use this feature on occasion, I don't > see it as resolving the issue of not being able to see the fields on > the detail screen and know how the citation will turn out until > you've created and saved a new master source.
No, you're correct. I think that there's too much information in the book, and I sometimes can't see the wood because of all the American timber :-0 -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg 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
