Larry, It seemed to me that Jenny understood the problem quite clearly, but since there is no known way of identifying misapplied sources was suggesting a way of drawing attention to the potential problem. Another way is to read the Help Files where it is spelt out.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Larry McCumber Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 2:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using Source Clipboard It doesn't sound like it's the position of the bar icons that bothers Jan. She used the triple bar intentionally. It was not knowing that "all used fields" meant other than vital statistic fields such as events. Now she is looking for a way to determine where she may have applied these sources to fields she really didn't want sourced. I would like to know this also. On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 4:59 AM, Jenny M Benson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 26/07/2011 09:14, Jan Roberts wrote: >> What now bothers me is that by accident I have just discovered that "all >> fields with information" includes any additional events, not just the >> vital >> events of birth, death, baptism etc. So let's say I had added numerous >> events to a person, including name, birth date and death date. I then >> find >> another source which confirms all of this information re birth and >> death - >> no other fields in the information screen have any info, so I can safely >> use >> the three bar icon to add the source to all the fields with info. But >> no - >> because it will also add the same source to all events as well. As I >> said - >> Aaaarrrgh! There may not be many instances where this has happened, >> because, as I said, USUALLY it is only when a source is giving me >> information about a newly added person that I use the three bar icon, and >> a >> lot of people don't have additional events added anyway, but how often >> have >> I done it without realising this unwanted consequence? And how on earth >> do >> I find where it might have happened? Aaaarrrgh! > > I remember when this topic was raised here before and I think a few > people have been caught out. I think it's the position of the bar icons > which leads to the misunderstanding, but I can't see that there is > really anywhere else to put them, unless perhaps positions of the Anc & > Des (British people at least will know why I always want to call them > Ant & Dec!) gubbins and the bar icons could be swapped over. > > In fact, I think I will put that forward as an enhancement suggestion. > -- > Jenny M Benson > > 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
