Kathy, It may be that I am misunderstanding you, but for the benefit of those who do not know, with Search and Replace one can opt to view each change and in doing so rather then just show the number of the record, as you post seems to suggest, it does show you the line in which the word or phrase is contained and what the replacement line would look like after the change.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Kathy Meyer Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 10:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to update multiple source details? I've asked this before for the exact same reason. Maybe a suggestion to the programmers is in order. The answer I was given was that you have to do a search to find some specific wording that would be in each of those source details; mainly that will work fairly well as a 'search & replace' function. (fairly recently; perhaps in archives?) I'm still not satisfied because I tried that a few times and it did change multiple entries but didn't show me each one to make sure it was the one I intended; if that makes any sense :-/ It was just like, ok to change #1, #2, #3 etc. and I just said yes to everything and I may have changed someone whose source happened to have those words somewhere in the details. So I really wasn't sold on that solution. Those are exactly my situations and thoughts and why I had been considering becoming an extreme 'splitter' so I could attach pictures or files to a source detail (or additional info) without having to try to figure out who and where those sources had been attached. Kathy On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Kevin Long <[email protected]> wrote: I often find additional information that I forgot on the source detail (not the master source definition), in particular, a picture or file. Is there a way to update all citations of that source detail? I know that I can go to the master source list and do a show list. However, that’s only the tip of the iceberg as many individuals will have the source detail cited numerous times. Thanks in advance for any tips on how to do this. It almost makes me want to be a major splitter and have a master source for EVERY document that I find. Kevin -- Kathy Meyer 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
