We discussed SourceWriter source overrides in March/April 2009. One discovery was that a Master source override resulted in a citation with no info from the source Detail. But a Detail source override would completely replace the text from the Master source override. I would guess that this is still the behavior.
As Connie says, the SourceWriter, when used carefully and without overrides, at least provides you with the 'subsequent citation' capability. By 'carefully', I mean that you have to be aware of which fields (Master and Detail) will disappear in the subsequent citation and which will always appear. Several bug reports were logged in this area in 2008/2009. Using the fields of an existing SourceWriter template creatively in order to effectively create a 'custom' template is probably still the reasonable option. Avoid templates that introduce hard-coded punctuation and connecting words between fields that you wish to ignore or to use for unexpected purposes. Ward ----- Original Message ----- From: "Connie Sheets" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Custom templates for SourceWriter? 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 --- On Thu, 8/18/11, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: Yes, that is correct Jean. But whilst the range of templates contain all sorts of fields you have no need to use them, and Options>Customise>Sources also allows the switching to a Basic Source if you wish. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ ... 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
