Related item: I spoke with Geoff Rasmussen today at NGS in Salt Lake City, and asked him if there was a way for me, as a user, to create my own Sourcewriter templates. He said no, but it is something they are working on.
On 5/1/10 8:34 PM, "James Sweet" <jimls38...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.co >>> m/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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Hel >>> p.asp> >>> To unsubscribe: >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree. >>> com/LegacyLists.asp> >>> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> >> >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help >> .asp> >> >> To unsubscribe: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.c >> om/LegacyLists.asp> >> >> >> >> > > > > 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 > > -- Allen A. Watson is on Facebook http://allen-watson.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
