Interesting! Are they still there after you exit and restart Legacy? Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/
-----Original Message----- From: JLB Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 8:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sources Strangely, though, the file-path to the files I dragged and dropped into the Source Detail multimedia screen, do not show file-paths under Customize/Locations/View all multimedia paths and neither does the drag and drop method ask if I want the embedded information added to the Desc box. Perhaps a Legacy support person could jump in here. --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On 7/31/2012 11:39 AM, JLB wrote: > 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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