I had thought about that but it will inadvertently assign the source to fields that have info in then but actually use a different source for that information.
michele -----Original Message----- From: Laird Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 3:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Is this possible Michele, Make a backup first File>Backup Family File Go to Tools>Advanced Sourcing> on tab "Which Records to Use" select the tag number then on tab "Where to Assign the Citations" tick "All fields that contain information". You must have the citation on the clipboard then click on "Apply" Laird On 7/3/2011 5:59 AM, [email protected] wrote: > I have a dilemma and I don’t know if it can be fixed. I am going > through my > master sources cleaning things up. I have a few sources in which I want > to > change the template that was used. Legacy will not allow you to combine > sources if the templates are different. I can tag everyone that uses a > particular source. However, each one of these people use the source more > than once. Is there any way to tag each individual use of the source so > that > I can assign then new source to all of the spots where it is needed? > Deleting > all the old ones isn’t a problem, I can simply delete the old source > once I > have the new one in place. Going through 50 people that use a source and > having to hand assign the source to each field where it was used is beyond > tedious. > When I first started using Sourcewriter I wasn’t as careful as I should > be. > Now what I do when I add a new source is I check it as soon as I add it to > make sure the output matches Evidence Explained perfectly. If if > doesn’t, I > either use another template or tweak it right then get it just right. > Michele > 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3741 - Release Date: 07/03/11 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
