Kirsten, FYI--the semi-colon punctuation anamoly. I've created a new master source per your suggestion. If I attach only the detail comments, the semi-colon makes sense since the comment come directly after the output footnote citation. But if I attach both the detail text and comments, two semi-colons show up just as described in my earlier message, and the second one is certainly out-of-place. I think I'll send off a note to my tech support person about it. Maybe a problem for the programmers to solve. Thanks again, Margaret
-- On Tue, 6/28/11, Kirsten Bowman <[email protected]> wrote: From: Kirsten Bowman <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Source Writer-- Output Footnote/Endnote Citations To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 2:09 PM Margaret: The punctuation you mentioned is programmed into the system and can't be changed as far as I know. I suspect that the difference you're seeing in the citation output may be due to where you entered the text in creating the citation. If you entered the full text of the record at the Master Source level, it will probably show as you describe. Try a new Master Source from scratch following the steps I gave and see if that produces the results you want. Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: Margaret DeAcetis [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Source Writer-- Output Footnote/Endnote Citations Hi all, This topic is related to recent query re one master source name, in my case, civil marriages in New York, Manhattan, NY. Kirsten's comments were very helpful. I am attempting to have consistency among the 3 marriage records I've entered thus far. On my assigned source list for one individual, one marriage record has a neat short footnote/endnote citation on the output screen that I'd like to be the norm. Text and comments are what I want. A second marriage record has a much longer footnote/endnote citation that I'd like to cut down. Can anyone tell me where I can get to a screen to select that option? When I go to the name list to edit the individual's source and detail text and comments, I see that the output preview for the source edits differs from those of the detail edits. It is with the detail edits that I am getting a strange result, with a semi-colon appearing inexplicably in output previews when I check to add the detail text and the detail text to the footnote citations. I can't see any way to edit them out. Thus, short footnote ends with a period. Add the detail text edits, a semi-colon replaces the period at the end of the footnote. Add the detail comment edits, another semi-colon appears before the beginning of the first sentence at the end of the footnote. Any suggestions on how to get rid of these semi-colons, especially the second? Margaret 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 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
