I'm sorry - got that backwards! Creating a gedcom is the only way. You won't lose media links.
The only thing that you "lose" with gedcom is the SourceWriter format (which you want) as well as History List and the Dates Added/Modified will all show the date you imported the gedcom and that the date was imported. If you don't rely on this field, it won't be a problem for you. Some people don't even realize the info is there! The SourceWriter Conversion tool was original hoped to help us convert sources from Basic to SourceWriter, but the programmer quickly figured out it would take just as long to use the tool to convert the source as it would to do it without the tool! Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 7:11 PM, Chick Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to convert from SourceWriter to Basic.... Not Basic to > SourceWriter. > Gedcom already does it globally. There must be a way we can too. > > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Sherry/Support < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> There's no way to do a conversion to SourceWriter from Basic sources, >> other than manually. >> >> You can find some help with the conversion in our Knowledge Base at < >> http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00412/14/Tips-and-How-Tos/Where-is-the-Source-Conversion-tool.html >> > >> >> >> >> Sincerely, >> Sherry >> Technical Support >> Legacy Family Tree >> >> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Chick Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have a mixture of Basic and Sourcewriter sources. Since gedcom-ing SW >>> sources results in them being converted to Basic sources, Is there a way >>> to do a global conversion of all my SW sources to Basic sources without >>> having to gedcom the whole file and risk losing media and other info that >>> is incorrectly converted or lost in a gedcom? >>> It seems to me that the sourcewriter conversion tool that never >>> materialized could be a reality. >>> >> 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
