On 18/08/2011 13:10, Jerry wrote: > Thanks Jenny, but how would that method handle each record's source detail?
That question implies that the Source Detail is not the same for every record, as I was presuming. If it different, you would have to do the copy and paste in batches. Hopefully, if you were starting from scratch with 1000 records to update, you would not have 1000 different Source Details to cope with! ...Jerry / MerriamFamilyTree.com > > Jenny M Benson<[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 17/08/2011 22:19, Jerry wrote: >>> Hello again. Is anyone aware of any shortcut keys (other than the >>> source clipboard) that might help me out with my project? What I wish >>> to do is to transfer a source that was input under NAME to the >>> UNSPECIFIED source item. for over a thousand records. I'm doing this >>> for consistency and because I don't want to populate multiple sources >>> which would increase our website bandwidth until there are new sources >>> to add to the individual fields. There is detail to go with each source >>> record (page numbers from our large book), so I can't just change >>> everything over without cutting and pasting the detail. I'm plugging >>> along fairly fast, but just wondering if anyone knows of an even more >>> stream-lined approach. >> >> Other than using Access, I can only think of one thing which would speed >> up the process a little, but is not of any use to you because you have >> already started to move the Source from Name to Unspecified. However, >> FWIW I'll mention it. >> >> First make a copy of the Source and give the copy a different name. >> Using Copy (once) and Paste (many, many times!) add the re-named version >> of the Source to the Unspecified field for each individual. Then delete >> the original version of the Source. >> >> (Note, this assumes you want to delete ALL instances of the original >> Source.) >> >> You still need to visit every record to paste the Source into the >> Unspecified field, but you don't have to spend extra time removing the >> old Source from each record. >> >> -- >> Jenny M Benson -- 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
