Jean, I avoid most source overrides. Partly this is because I can almost always figure out how to make a template work in a way that is consistent with what EE suggests, and partly because there were issues with source overrides when the SourceWriter templates first came out. I can't remember the specifics, but there were problems with details printing properly in subsequent citations, particularly if the Source was overridden at the Master Source level. See, for example, this discussion between Ward Walker and me from March, 2009:
http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/msg37834.html and http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/msg37852.html While I think some of the problems have been fixed in more recent builds, I'm not convinced they all have, particularly since it was apparently by design that source details would not print in subsequent citations if the source was overridden at the Master Source level. This is probably as clear as mud, but wanted to give you a "heads up" that this may still be a problem before you get too far down the road using overrides. Connie --- On Mon, 11/22/10, Jean Suplick <jean.supl...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Jean Suplick <jean.supl...@gmail.com> > Subject: [LegacyUG] Source citation overrides > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Date: Monday, November 22, 2010, 11:05 PM > My copy of Mills' Evidence Explained > arrived this week. What a > wonderful resource! I finally feel I have solid guidance on > how to > cite all of my sources. > > I've found myself gravitating towards using the source > citation > overrides to construct my citations instead of filling in > the form > fields supplied by Legacy and letting the software > construct the > citation. This is because I feel I have much more control > over > citation formatting. > > Are there reasons why you advise against using overrides? I > ask > because I don't want to stumble on to that conclusion 6 > months from > now and have to go back and do a lot of re-work. > > Thanks for your thoughts, > Jean Suplick 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
