I tried this and got the same results as you when I used the numbers on the number key pad. The shortcuts work if you use the numbers on the upper row of your keyboard.
Tony -----Original Message----- From: singhals [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Did I ask this before? Hmmm ... I couldn't make this work, Wendy. Alt-2 put a "?" at the end of each line where I used it. Alt-3 just blinked at me. Was I just holdin' my mouth wrong? Cheryl Wendy Howard wrote: > And if you prefer keyboard shortcuts to clicking with the mouse, once > you've copied the source to the Source Clipboard, it's: > > Alt-2 to apply the Source Clipboard to the current field > Alt-3 to apply the Source Clipboard to all non-blank fields > Alt-4 to apply the Source Clipboard to the Unspecified area > > Alt-1 opens the Source Clipboard, should you want to check the > contents or make a change to the contents. > > Alt-1 and Alt-2 are amongst my most-used keyboard shortcuts in Legacy > - so automatic that I had to check the Help to check what they are, > 'cos normally I don't think about which keys I'm pressing, I just do it. > > Hope this helps. :-) > > Kind Regards, > Wendy > > > CE WOOD said the following on 14/11/2013 12:49 p.m.: >> When you are on the Individual Information page, notice the boxes to >> the left of the vital events. >> >> Once you have entered the source one time, copy it to the Source >> Clipboard. >> Enter all the events for which you want to use that source. >> Click on the button containing the 3 horizontal lines. >> The source will be added to all the events that contain information, >> even for events in the lower half of the screen. >> >> Be aware that the source is NOT entered for the marriage, however. >> >> >> CE >> >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [LegacyUG] Did I ask this before? >>> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:40:41 -0500 >>> >>> If I'm copying a published genealogy, my source is that genealogy. I >>> want that in there, but I'm wearin' out my click finger, here, with >>> two clicks for name, birth, death, marriage for each of several >>> hundred people. >>> >>> IS there a way to apply that source to all filled data-fields for a >>> person with one set of keystrokes instead of 6 to 8? >>> >>> Cheryl 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
