Pat, So sorry to hear of your dilemma! Like, Cathy, I only use the 3-dash button when adding a new person... saves just a few clicks. I have on occasion used it in error, so I know what you're going through. I think it was Cathy who suggested you use a tag to know which individuals have been "cleaned up" and which haven't. Just tag everyone in the file with tag 9 (for example). Then as you are doing other work on a family or line, clean up their source citations and untag them. On those rare days when you want some "mindless" task, you can go through the tagged folks and clean them up. Or maybe, before you share a report or export file to a relative, check for those still tagged and clean them up. Eventually, they will all be cleaned up. I had a similar task when I originally imported from FTM (wow) 10 years ago. There was a bug in the software and it loaded all the children with "Natural" or "Biological" (I forget which) instead of leaving it blank. A nightmare, but eventually I finished cleaning those up. It can be done.
I don't think I would attack this problem from the source side... (source master, show list, tag, etc.)... you could end up pulling up an individual several times. --Paula ________________________________ From: Pat Hickin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 11:30 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Citing source -- an easy way to clear a real mess??? I cannot believe that I've been using Legacy all these years and did not know this: The little icon on the left -- the one with 3 dashes -- that you can use to enter the source that's on the clipboard -- I thought it entered the clipboard source for the name, born, died & buried fields all at one click -- well I just discovered that when you click that icon it also enters that source for very single event you have for that person!!! Mon dieu!! Why does Legacy not warn us that it will do that!!?? I ordinarily add events from a variety of sources -- and now I have to go thru and take that citation out -- and God knows how many other individuals I have done that to over the years!!! If anybody has any brilliant ideas on the subject I will greatly appreciate them!! Pat Pat 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
