Cathy, you are a beacon of information, always. Many thanks! Still, there are some problems though.
#1 Excellent! That is a relief. That takes care of the primary part of my question. #2 I assume that this works, but I didn't try it. Still, I don't much like that because I want to first see what I am replacing... just in case. The last time I tried this I had Match Case/Exact selected and it didn't. I figured out that it wasn't recognizing spaces which made a mess of things. I don't remember when this happened, but I haven't used it since. #3 This definitely does not work for me. It finds nothing and I even copy/pasted the text itself. Out of curiosity, did you try it? Does it check all fields/tabs in Source Detail? I got the impression it's only checking master sources, but I didn't test it that far. On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 8:11 PM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > But there are ways - though for some things they affect all records and > not just the ones you've done "today". > > 1. RE the check boxes in Sources. You can reset them to be checked or > unchecked with one click. > Go to Options > Customise - Sources 7.3 > Note things like: > Include source detail comments on source citations in reports. > They have a checkbox and an Apply button. > Check or uncheck the box, Click Apply and they'll be checked throughout > your file. > > It would be good to be able to limit this to tagged Master Sources but > it's all or nothing for a global edit. > > 2. RE making changes to source citations. You can do this from Search > and Replace. > You have to choose the bit of the citation you are wanting to change > something in. > eg: If you entered a census transcription and had found a bit of it > difficult to read but put in your best guess and later found more > information or became more practised at reading the script, you'd want > to change it. > eg M????l to Maribel > Search - Search and Replace - > Find where - Citation text (note you can choose other parts of a > citation - in the Search and Replace items Source means Master Source > and Citation means Source Detail) > Find what - M????l > Replacement text - Maribel > How to Find - anywhere in field > How to Replace - only found text > > 3. RE finding records with say "Marriage only; not date nor place" > You can find the individuals that have a source citation that includes this. > Search - Detailed Search - > Individual > Where to look - Source Citation (or Source Master) > Contains - Marriage only; not date nor place > > It would be good to get just a list of citations but at least this > narrows down where you need to look and if you know which Master Source > it is likely to be in, then you don't have to look at every source for > every person in the list. > > Cathy 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
