Jerry, Please do not assume that because some users have misunderstood the workings of the three bar icon that others do not use daily - I know that I do. Removing it would certainly make my work take a heck of a lot longer. Please leave it alone.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using Source Clipboard Since that 3-bar icon is not liked and not intuitive, why wouldn't the programmers consider changing it for a future update? Sounds like other people will continue to have the same issue, whether new to Legacy or not. Jerry /http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org Sherry/Support <[email protected]> wrote: >Note the information in the parentheses....."(This also includes all >events in the event list.)" > >That's not something I added to clarify the Help topic. This what's >written *in* the Help topic. > > >Sincerely, >Sherry >Technical Support >Legacy Family Tree > > > >On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Jan Roberts <[email protected]> >wrote: >> I think the problem is the words "every field on the Information form" - >> what you can 'see' on that form are the primary, or vital, event fields >> of name, birth date and location, baptism date and location, death date >> and location and burial date and location (unless one has customised this >> view). The additional events don't actually show the fields which can >> include description, date, location and notes - in fact in the case of >> multiple events you can't even see all of the events without scrolling. >> They aren't "on the Information form" as such. Other hidden fields are >> in the notes areas of the vital events - does the use of the three bar >> icon also add the source to the notes? >> I have read the Help files to learn the difference between the single bar >> and three bars - just misunderstood the implications. >> >> Cheers >> Jan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sherry/Support [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, 27 July 2011 1:16 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using Source Clipboard >> >> The Help file states: >> >> "Or, you can click <3-bar icon pictured here> to have Legacy >> automatically assign the source to every field on the Information form >> that is not blank. (This also includes all events in the event >> list.)" > ><snip> > 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
