If it was possible to drag and drop source documents in I might be tempted but I tried it and it doesn't work. Consequently, it's endless browsing and re-browsing and checking to make sure everything's there and it only took me about six years to get around to wondering why I was bothering with it. ---
JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On 7/31/2012 11:24 AM, Judith wrote: > "I'm talking to you from my memory as I no longer attach anything to Legacy > except little portraits for the people I have portraits for. It's way too > labour-intensive considering I can access any file in a nano-second through > my filing system". > > I agree, also, if you move a file in your filing system, it drops out of > legacy and creates a problem. Better to keep them in the filing system for > fast access. > Judith > > -----Original Message----- > From: JLB [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sources > > I think you'd have to experiment with the printing options here. They may > have changed since my day. I know there was/is? a way to print source > document thumbnails in reports but I didn't think it would be useful for a > reader so I didn't bother with it. > > There was a time when there was no such thing as a 'File' icon. Document > formats were linked through the Picture icon. It created major havoc when the > File icon arrived as all the document files were automatically unlinked > because they weren't an image format. > > I'm talking to you from my memory as I no longer attach anything to Legacy > except little portraits for the people I have portraits for. It's way too > labour-intensive considering I can access any file in a nano-second through > my filing system. > --- > JL Beeken > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ > > On 7/31/2012 3:45 AM, Robert Runion wrote: >> Thanks for the insight. Some of my scanned documents are cemetery >> listings and census data as you state and I add those to the Master >> source as a 'file', rather than a 'picture'. I presume that the entry >> as a Master Source 'file' would not show as an icon in any subsequent >> book I might print? But, if I inadvertently added it as a 'picture', >> in lieu of a 'file' (I had this happen some years ago), the item icon >> showed along with the 'real' pictures in the resultant book print. A >> bummer. So far, adding scanned documentation (as opposed to scanned or >> digital photos which I add as a 'picture' ) as a 'file' appears to be >> preferable since the copy/paste function for subsequent entries >> carries the detail sourcing data along to each entry. >> >> Bob >> >> >> On Jul 30, 2012, at 10:23 PM, JLB wrote: >> >>> Either or both. >>> >>> Depending what it is it would go under the Picture tab of the Master >>> Source or the multimedia tab of Source Detail. >>> >>> For instance, a census record probably belongs to one family so I >>> would link that to the Multimedia tab for Source Detail. >>> >>> If it was a Master Source, (the way I define that would be something >>> like a cemetery listing of multiple families) I would link it to the >>> Pictures tab of that Master Source. >>> >>> I guess it depends how to do your sources. If create a different >>> Master Source for every single census record, then it would be Master >>> Source. >>> >>> If you look at the Assigned Sources window for someone/anyone and >>> click on the Pictures tab, you'll see there's two areas there; one >>> called Master Source Picture and one called Source Detail Picture. >>> If it's a picture it's a picture. If it's a document, as you've >>> described it, it shows up as document-looking icon. --- JL Beeken >>> JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists >>> http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ >>> >>> On 7/30/2012 7:14 PM, RUNION ROBERT wrote: >>>> What is the recommended procedure to add source documentation. >>>> Should a scanned document (.pdf, .doc, .xls, etc) be added as a >>>> Multimedia 'file' under the event detail, or should the scanned >>>> document be added under the master source as a 'file'? >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> >>>> >>>> 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). 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