I only use the override when the template isn't working to my satisfaction and I plan to publish the source in one of the blogs I write. Otherwise, I just hold off on the citation until I really need to tweak. Sometimes it gets tweaked in the Word document.
You could use the basic system, create a few "templates" that you then copy when you want to use that "style" again. Randy Seaver talked about doing just that in his blog when he was comparing different software programs. Lisa Gorrell On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Jean Suplick <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes, that's another question I have: how often do people use the override? > It's not my first choice if I can help it, but I find myself increasingly > being more of a stickler on my citation format, which leads to using > overrides when no template is quite sufficient. And that begs the question > of why I'm using the existing SourceWriter templates to bein with. I think > the answer is to be able to create my own template. Legacy support team, any > plans to have custom SourceWriter templates in the product? > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Connie Sheets <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Jean, >> >> You could also use a SourceWriter template (say, the generic one) and >> create a Source Override. That should give you the ability to create a full >> citation, short citation, and bibliography (unlike the Basic Source format), >> although it's been a long time since I've tried to do that. There used to >> be some strange non-intuitive results (bugs?) in how citations printed out >> when source overrides were used. Unfortunately, I don't remember the >> details; all I remember is that I probably should avoid source overrides. >> >> I've typically been able to find a template that is close enough to what I >> want, although I often have to leave fields blank and/or use a field >> differently than it is labeled. >> >> Connie >> >> >> 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
