Hi Elizabeth Once you have entered a source and want to copy it, you open the Assigned Sources for the person that has the source already, highlight the specific source you want to copy, then click on the "Copy Source to Clipboard" icon bottom left. Then go the the event/fact you want to copy this source (Master Source and associated Source Detail) and click on the paste icon for just that data (the "-" icon). If there are variations in the detail for this application you can then edit the detail before saving. If you don't get the opportunity to edit the detail before saving, check your Options/Customise/Sources/Source Clipboard (On).
Cheers, Brett BMcL Robinson, Hamilton, New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: E. Wolfe To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 11:06 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Using Clipboard? new questions Thanks to everyone who is helping me with this......I feel very foolish because I am not a dumb person but for some reason this is just not 'sinking in'....LOL I have figured out the Events/Facts clipboard to use for the section below the individual's "Individual Information" window, such as Residence, Occupation, etc., thanks to those who explained it. But I'm still not getting the Source clipboard thing. If it is ok, I will take it one step at a time and ask my question. Then anyone can jump in and tell me what I am doing wrong and how to do it correctly.... First, I added a new unlinked (fake) person called 'Test Person'. Then, I clicked on the 'Test Person' block and brought up his "Individual's Information" window. Next, I clicked on the 'books icon' (Add or Edit Source Citations) and go to the "Assigned Sources for: 'Test Person'" window. Then I choose "Name" under the Event to source. [I never noticed this column was called Events!!! The only place where I thought Events were located was the bottom section of the "Individual's Information" window. Anytime I read anything about Events or saw someone say something about Events in this group, I thought they were talking about that Events/Facts section at the bottom.] Then I clicked the "Add a New Source" button, chose to use Sourcewriter, and created a cemetery record as a source. In Step 2 of the Sourcewriter, I filled in the source info (Source Info Tab). I also put in some info in the "Text/Comments Tab", both blocks. Then clicked the "Save" button and went to step 3 (Add the Source Detail). In the "Detail Information" Tab, I entered 'Test Person' in the ID of Person field, and clicked the "Today's Date" button for "Recorded Date" field. Then clicked the "Save" button. Then I closed out all the windows for that person. In order to experiment with using this new source for another person, I went through adding another new unlinked person.....(Test Person 2), but did not add any sources or info. I went back to the "Name List" and "Selected" the first person I had added (Test Person) and brought up his "Individual's Information" window. Now, here is my first question........how do I put the info from this first person onto the Source clipboard? What do I click? ( If I click the blue up arrow --- "Open the source clipboard" ---- and bring up the Source clipboard window, step 1 tells me to select the master source I want to cite. So I click on that and select the new master source I added for my first new unlinked 'Test Person'. But then Step 2 on the Source clipboard tells me to enter information!!! The "Detail Information" teb and the "Text/Comments" tab don't have the information I had entered into them when I first created this new source......why do I have to re-enter the information again? Shouldn't the info I had entered when I first added the source be there??? ] Elizabeth ================================================================= --- On Sun, 10/17/10, Kirsten Bowman <vik...@rvi.net> wrote: From: Kirsten Bowman <vik...@rvi.net> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Using Clipboard? Clarification To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Date: Sunday, October 17, 2010, 4:43 AM Elizabeth: It can be confusing but once you figure it out you'll wonder what the difficulty was. A *source* is a book, census, cemetery marker, letter--whatever gave you the information. A *citation* is the form you use to record the information from the source. To record the same information for several different people you would select an item from the Master Source List, put it on the Source Clipboard, add the Detail Information and Text/Comments, and then attach it to any applicable fields on the Individual's Information screen for any number of different individuals. In the process above there are two separate areas called "Text/Comments." The first is used for general comments regarding the entire source and is entered or added at the Master Source level. For a published family genealogy (book), it might be something like, "Poorly researched work containing few original citations and several obvious conflicts." (That's probably not something I would actually say so bluntly.) The second "Text/Comments" field, which is found on the Source Clipboard, is for specific data from a *part* of the source, perhaps a certain page or paragraph. I'd recommend that you experiment with that and get it clear in your mind before going on to other steps. In addition to data on the upper portion of the Individual's Information screen there is a section for "Events/Facts" such as Citizenship, Education, Residence, etc. Those can (and should) also have source citations. Entering Events and their corresponding sources can become something of an artform that would probably best be left until after you master the basics. Kirsten 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
