Sentences can be changed for roles and/or events. They are changed the same way you make these changes in Legacy 7.5.
Just a little information. On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 4:52 AM, lio . <[email protected]> wrote: > HI David: > > Thanks for your reply. Sadly I agree. As much as I was hoping the Shared > Events feature would be a time saver, I would never be happy knowing the > Detail Text was not consistent with the rest of my work. > > But I do like having Witnesses, Informants (and other roles) having their > own events (something I was not doing previously). > > So, I guess the best way forward is to create templates for these events > (do you agree?). > > Does anyone have examples of templates they have created for Witness and > or Informant events (I'll check the Archives also)? I'm going to spend some > time tomorrow looking at all the new Shared Event Roles in Legacy 8 and try > to come up with Event templates for them. > > Thanks David and anyone else with suggestions. > > Leo > > NOTE: I am also going to put in the suggestion / request that Shared > Event text have the ability to be edited. I'm sure I can't be the only > Legacy user who would find this feature helpful. > > > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Shared Detail Text > > Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 00:39:37 +0000 > > > > > As I understand it when sharing an event the whole of the original > > event, description, date, location, notes is shared. In order to add > > details specific to the individuals sharing the event you assign them a > > role and then you can add notes which apply only to them when you edit > > their role. > > > > Frankly, from your description of the method you are using I cannot see > > any advantage to using shared events. Those of us who have copy/pasted > > events and hence produced multiple copies of the same source material, > > there is some advantage to using shared events. In particular if, like > > me, you make frequent errors when transcribing, I'm not sure it is worth > > the effort of sharing events which have already been entered correctly. > > > > David > > > > On 19/12/2013 23:48, lio . wrote: > > > I split my sources... each document is its own Master Source. I > > > transcribe the full document into the Master Source Text, and then cut > > > and past the sentence(s) into the Detail Text that help prove what I > > > want to prove. So the five people listed on a document (example), would > > > share the same Master Source Text, but have their own Detail Text. > (Hope > > > that is clear). > > > > > > I've just started using the Shared Events feature. I now see what > people > > > have reported on LUG about the Source Details. If you change anything > > > for the shared people, it also changes the information for the main > > > person. I'm now putting information in the Notes section that I would > > > normally have in the Detail Text. > > > > > > Is this something that is already being looked at by the developers? Or > > > should I request this update? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Leo > > > 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 > -- Leonard Johnson [email protected] We are helping change the world of genealogy ! 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
