2 is still not an option for me. I am afraid I'd be too quick with the button and since there is "no undo" then... I'm not going to take that chance.
I tried 3 again and I should have known better. You were right! lol! I don't know how it happened, the but the 2nd requirement was checked. I didn't notice that before so of course there was nothing in only John Smith's record. Anyway, it did help me. There really should be a simple "find this text" search and it just searches everything without having to make replacements. On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes 2 does work - and you don't work blind unless you click Replace all. > You can see exactly what was there and how it will look when the > replacement is done and you have the opportunity to Skip if it's found > another similar citation which is OK. > Yes 3 works as well though I didn't test it extensively for something in > every field. > I rarely post without checking. I also try to check that I'm using the > language the program uses but sometimes I slip up. > It sounds as if you asked it to look in the Master Source and then > looked for text that was in the Source Detail which is a completely > different source? > > Cathy > > >> magnoliasouth <mailto:[email protected]> >> Friday, 23 May 2014 12:03 AM >> 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. >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> magnoliasouth <mailto:[email protected]> >> Thursday, 22 May 2014 7:09 AM >> >> Yet if the multiples are all the same, how is that difficult? Isn't >> that the same as the way a Master Source is used? You have the same >> record with multiple citations with a Master too. >> >> Think of it like an ability to have sub-sources or secondary sources. >> There are the occasional singular source details where you only use >> them once, but there are many that are used several times. In my case, >> it was a copy of a Bible record that came in a packet of other source >> papers by a cousin. The said Bible record is all on one page and lists >> names with marriages, but nothing else. So the source detail isn't >> unique, everyone listed on that page will have the same source detail. >> >> The sad part is, doing a search for text doesn't work either. If I >> have written "Marriage only; not date nor place" there is no way to >> search for all records that have that written in the source detail. >> Nor is there a way to Search using a Master Source that has the source >> detail text either. >> >> There should be a way, don't you think? >> >> Cindy >> >> >> >> 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 > > -- Thanks, Cindy 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). 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