On 2/6/2014 3:24 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > On 06/02/2014 15:49, MikeFry wrote: >> On 06 Feb 2014 16:12, Jenny M Benson wrote: >> >>>> Where does the text come from that you are copying and pasting with the >>>> F keys, then? >> Help file - search for 'Memorizing Fields'. > > Well, you live and learn! Thanks for that, Mike. I will now have to > try and learn all those shortcuts! > > But what prompted that particular question was that when I asked if > Ctrl+C etc was not just as useful, Gene mentioned having to have > boilerplate text in another application.
If you are copying and pasting from one individual to a second, you have to open the one you are copying from, copy your text, close that person and open the one you are copying to and paste. Too may key presses for me. Boilerplate refers to text that you use often or repeatedly. If you have three entries to copy over, that is a lot of switching back and forth. Outside of Legacy I use a program called Stickies, which is like an electronic Post-it note, that will stay on top of other programs. I put my "boilerplate" on it and can copy and paste very quickly. In Legacy it is even faster to use the function keys to do this as you are not switching between individuals or programs. I hope I made that clear. I still don't understand that > part: just as the Function keys will (I now know) copy text from one > Legacy field and paste it to another, so one can use Ctrl+C to copy text > from one field and Ctrl + V to paste it to another. > -- Gene Young Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada With Legacy Family Tree http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com 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
