For quite a few months, it remained on their web sites as one of the features of the “new” version 7. But as we all learned it wasn’t initially included and had promises of RSN (real soon now). As the months passed, it’s very mention was obliterated from the Millennia web site. Apparently the idea has been dropped and Millennia Corp. has been mum about it, neither denying nor confirming its demise. I’m even surprised now to hear that there still remains fossils of it mentioned within the current release. It now takes its rightful place with all those other software titles from companies whose “vaporware” never happened.
In retrospect, we’ve seen that no two users utilize the existing source templates in the same exact manner with some opting for additional notes and other modifications. Attempting to create such a “one size fits all” source conversion tool probably had too many variables thrown at it with the complexity of various sourcing techniques. The tool may likely have been bigger than the program. RIP – Source Conversion Tool Brian in CA From: James Sweet [mailto:jimls38...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 7:34 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template Conversion Tool Thanks to all that responded. I thought I had lucked out when I found that "tool" in the help menu... Goes to show you that what appears too good to be true probably is. I agree, they should take it out of the help menu if it does not exist. Regards. Jim On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 6:34 PM, GeoSci <geosc...@gmail.com> wrote: It never existed as far as I recall! Keith -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: mckainances...@gmail.com On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Arnold Sprague <aspra...@gsb.uchicago.edu> wrote: > Jim, > > For a short while there was a conversion tool built into Legacy. It was > wonderful. It made my life very, very nice. Unfortunately, it was soon > removed in an update; far, far before I could **easily** convert all my > sources. One must strike while the iron is hot!!!! > > The reason we were given as to the removal of the conversion tool was that > it did not always work correctly and that there were some unhappy campers as > a > result. > > I, for one, would be **most** willing to take my chances with the Legacy > conversion tool. > Arnold > > > > At 04:35 PM 5/1/2010, you wrote: > > I want to convert my existing master source citations to the SourceWriter > templates. >  > In the Help menu, The Source Template Conversion Tool screen says ..."The > Source Template Conversion Tool is reached from the Master Source List by > clicking the Options button and then choosing Source Template Conversion > Tool from the submenu." >  > I pulled up the Master Source List, clicked Options. But I do not see > Source Template Conversion Tool on the submenu. Here is what is listed: >  Delete Master Source >  Tag/Exclude Options >  Change Surety Settings >  Combine Duplicates >  Purge Unused >  Import Lists >  > What am I missing? >  > I am currently running version 7.4.0.25 >  > Thank you, > Jim Sweet > email jimls38...@gmail.com > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
