Re Robert's comment on whether the "Title" should be omitted if identical to "Source List Name", that's something that drives me crazy. It's one more little quirk of Legacy that's easy to forget when making source entries according to Evidence Explained. I also don't think omitting it solves the "ibid" problem. Marianne
-----Original Message----- >From: Robert Runion <[email protected]> >Sent: Mar 11, 2012 9:47 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ibid. in reports > >I think I misspoke in my earlier message. When looking at the 'View' -> >'Master Lists' -> 'Source…' -> 'edit' -> 'Edit Master Source Definition' -> >and use the same 'name' for the 'Source List Name' and the 'Title', both >'names' will appear in the same numbered end note of a book - which appeared >to me to be duplications - perhaps not. Should an entry in 'Title' be >eliminated/omitted when it is identical to the entry in the 'Source List >Name'? It appears that if I leave the 'Title' blank when entering Master >Sources, the first appearance of the source in a book format will be the full >reference reading with subsequent end notes showing as a cversion of the >Master Source, somewhat like Michele indicated. > >On Mar 11, 2012, at 7:14 AM, Michele Lewis wrote: > >> Not only should identical sources not repeat [when they are back to back] >> but once you used a short source [subsequent citation] it should continue to >> use that short citation even if the details are slightly different. The >> classic example is a book. >> >> 1st citation [no italics because I am using plain text]: >> >> Leonard L. Slade Sr., compiler, Lamar County Heritage (Baltimore, MD: >> Gateway Press, Inc., 1978), 237. >> >> >> Subsequent citations: >> >> Slade, Lamar County Heritage, 237. >> Slade, Lamar County Heritage, 142. >> Slade, Lamar County Heritage, 68. >> >> Even though the page number changes,,you should still be using the short >> citation. >> >> Michele >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kirsten Bowman [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 1:35 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ibid. in reports >> >> Jemima, Marianne, and Bob: >> >> Identical source citations should not repeat in reports. There are certain >> conditions that will cause them to do that but these can be corrected. To >> get help from the LUG list you need to identify the specific report you're >> generating, whether the repetition is in footnotes, endnotes or >> bibliography, the format you're producing (RTF, HTML, or in the Preview). >> If you'll be very thorough in posting the description of your condition >> someone will surely be able to solve the problem. >> >> Kirsten >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ArdenholmeGenealogy >> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 10:23 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Ibid. in reports >> >> Hello >> >> Does the Ibid. (repeats what is listed in the previous citations) work OK in >> reports? >> >> I am trying to create an Ancestor book report for an ancestor and notice >> that the sources at the end of this report are mostly of the same source so >> it is repeating itself many times. >> >> As I have already checked Ibid in >> Options/Customise/Sources, it doesn't look that it is working in the report >> function. >> >> I have just been checking the archives for this user group but cannot see >> any recent posts . Can anyone confirm this? >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Jemima >> 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
