A JPG file can be reduced in size without a noticable in the viewable data. The problem is that people can then reduce it again and again with a loss of data each time. Eventually you lose so much it becomes a worthless file. A TIF file always retains all of it's original data.
~Don On Aug 22, 2012, at 4:51 PM, Sentz <[email protected]> wrote: > Lots of nuances to the source writer. When I click on the event and > then click on the source citation in the event window, the citation > does show up on the list for alt. death and I did find it in the main > citation list for the record by scrolling down further. The document > image was saved on my computer as a .jpg file. I did as you suggested > and saved the picture to the event. Should we be saving the picture to > the event and the citation? > Geoff mentioned in his last webinar saving some things in a .tif file > as opposed to a .jpg. Does anyone recall the reasoning behind this? > Something about the difference in the documents, ie. Bible records vs. > other types of records. Why would one file type be better than the > other? > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Jenny M Benson" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: 8/22/2012 7:26:11 AM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source Writer and Clipboard >> On 21/08/2012 23:45, Sentz wrote: >> >>> >>> One of the reasons I bought Legacy was because of the sourcewriter and >>> clipboard tools. I have been struggling with these tools for about a >>> year. I have rerun Geoff's start up Ultimate Guide on the topic and >>> watched his various webinars where he uses the source writer and >>> clipboard, including his most recent one, and have also read >>> documentation. I think I have the process down and then something goes >>> haywire with the sourcewriter or the clipboard. I am not a novice with >>> data entry or relational data bases, so this is getting very >>> frustrating. What I end up doing is not doing anything in the database >>> for a while, take a breather and try again. >>> The latest problem....I was entering an alternate death event for my >>> great grandmother. I clicked on the tirangle and set up the master >>> source which went okay. Then I set up the detail including linking an >>> image of the page from the death index that I had downloaded and cropped >>> from Family Search. Everything looked okay and I clicked save and then >>> clicked the bar on the left on the window for the event detail. Then >>> saved the event. It's my understanding that a plus sign should show on >>> the line following the event. Am I correct? When I check on the >>> documentation link for the record, the death citation information is not >>> showing. Also, in the event window, the data field labels were >>> highlighted. Perhaps is this case it has to do with where I have the >>> document image stored. >>> I keep thinking that there must be some little step that I am not doing >>> correctly. Any advice would be welcome. >>> >> >> >> The + will be there if you have attached a picture to the Event, not if >> you have attached it to the Source. >> >> -- >> Jenny M Benson >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > 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 > > 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
