Excuse me on the last reply. It does indeed seem to be possible. I tried 10 times on a census record and it wouldn't work. Funny, as it works on small portraits. With some persistence, it suddenly worked on the census record. There you go! Don't browse, just drag and drop. --- 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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