Liz, I tested your statement that SourceWriter (SW) style sources could be created in earlier versions of Legacy and found that, because of a bug, you could be offered the option and would be allowed to create SW sources in 7.4 despite having only the Standard Version. That bug is now fixed in 7.5 so you are no longer able to create a SW source if you are using the Standard Version.
You can convert all your sources to the Basic Style Sources by exporting your file to a GEDCOM then re-importing the data. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. On 25/01/2011 12:59 PM, Elizabeth Young wrote: > I apologize for my previous confusing post. > > I am using Legacy 7.5 version 7.5.0.42 Build Date 20 Jan 2011 > Standard version. > > And it looks as though there is a more recent build as of the 24th, so I > shall give that a try later today. > > In regards to my previous post: > Ron Ferguson, I must respectfully disagree with your statement that Source > Writer is available in both versions. I believe it was in the past, but it > is no longer. This is supported by the comparison chart on Legacy's download > page. >> From the Options menu, I select Customize, then the Sources tab. > At the bottom left of the Sources tab is "Source Entry System" > I cannot select Source Writer System since I am using the Standard version > of Legacy (I get a popup offering the Deluxe version). I do not recall this > happening with the Standard 7.4 edition. > I have no quarrel with the absence of Source Writer - as I have learned more > about documentation I have started using the Basic Source system more since > I find it satisfies my inner control-freak, I just have a number of older > master sources created with Source Writer under previous versions of Legacy. > > Thank you for your suggestion, Virginia, to reset to defaults. > Unfortunately, that made no difference in how my reports are looking. > > As my family file grows, I have started to re-think how I wish to organize > my sources. So prehaps my difficulties will be a incentive to implement my > nascent source clean-up plan. I inherited all of my mother's > genealogical research earlier this year and whoooo, there is a lot! > > Here is, I hope, a clearer picture of what I am trying to accomplish and the > difficulties I am having. I realized that some of the information I provided > previously (if it was even understandable) was not quite accurate, so I have > attempted to amend that in the following. > > I have seven distinct master sources (yes, too many master sources!) > assigned to a certain individual in my family file: Allen E. Gorham. I can > view and edit these sources and their details by clicking on the "Show list > of assigned sources" icon visible in the "Family" view. > three of those sources have a bullet next to them, indicating (I believe) > that they were created with Source Writer in a previous version of Legacy. > One of those master sources has been edited by me since I installed 7.5. The > other two have not been edited since the install. The other four sources do > not have the bullet and were created using the basic system subsequent to my > 7.5 install. > Clicking on the "Reports" icon on the toolbar, I am directed to several tabs > where I can chose what type of report and options I wish. > I chose "Individual Report" and select Allen E. Gorham. After setting the > report options to default (just to undo any hare-brained thing I tried > earlier) I go into Report Options, Sources tab and check the Print Source > Citations box. > In the "Include" tab, I check the box for Event Information. > I assume that these actions will produce an individual report with source > detail and citations for events in that individual's life. This maybe where > I am going wrong in my thinking. > > When I preview the report on the screen, I have two sources, not seven, > listed at the end of the report. > The two sources that do appear are the two created with Source Writer in a > previous version and unmodified by me since. The detail information and > comments of the five missing sources appear in the report, but the source > citations do not. > > I hope that is a bit clearer and that I've provided an interesting puzzle > for the board. > > liz > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Elizabeth Young<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Just upgraded to 7.5 (non-paid version) from 7.4 (non-paid version). >> Windows 7. >> >> Since only one way to create sources is available to me on the new version, >> I have a mixture of sources in my file: blah blah blah :) >> > 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
