Thanks Brian, it may be another day or two before I can get back to that. Stay tuned ....
On 3/30/2015 1:56 AM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: > Cathy, I'm sorry as I seem to have muddied the waters a little with my ending > remark about Comments from Master Sources being exported on GEDCOMS. Let's > leave those points for a different thread. > > Back to the problem that Genealogy Bob first brought up when he was surprised > about seeing these Master Source Comments included on the Footnote/Citation > as shown on the Assigned Sources window. You have brought up a very good > point that there are two radio buttons at the bottom: "Show Entire Source" > and "Show Source using Print Options". I believe that by default the "Show > Entire Source" is selected. Maybe what I didn't realize that Show Entire > Source is a preview of the footnote/citation temporarily ignoring the > checkmarks on the Comments tab of the Master Source as to whether the > comments are to be included on reports or not. If one were to select the > other radio button to Show Source using Print Options, then the Comments from > the Master Source are not included if the Comments tab from the Master Source > has the checkmark to Not Include on reports. In other words, if the user did > not want the comments included on reports, then they are left out. > > So, Genealogy Bob, go back and look at the footnote/citation on the source > you described in your first post and then select the other radio button to > "Show Source using Print Options", and I'll bet you'll be happy. In other > words, your comments will not appear in that presentation of the > footnote/citation. If you want, toggle back and forth by selecting "Show > Entire Source" and then selecting "Show Source using Print Options" and > you'll see your comments appear and dis-appear (assuming you have your > comments selected to be NOT included on reports on the Master Source Comment > tab). > > Let me make that perfectly clear to all....in my opinion, this option about > including Master Source Comments on reports or not including Master Source > Comments on reports is working perfectly as designed in Legacy. And upgrading > to the latest version won't change anything about this feature. It has been > working perfectly for at least several versions prior to the current release > and probably back to the original release. > > Now, elaborating about my real concern...it's the very first option of Show > Entire Source. As should be now clear to all, Master Source Comments will > show up on the preview of the footnote/citation regardless of the choice to > include them on reports or not but ONLY when you have selected the first > option to Show Entire Source. Maybe that's a good thing to see or not, but > what we all want to really know is how the footnote/citation would look using > the Print Options selection. I'm even wondering why there is the first option > to preview the Entire Source when the user's selection to include certain > information or not would change the footnote/citation. > > Now here is the other part that makes this first option to Show Entire Source > seem like something is wrong somewhere. If the user were to go to Customize > 7.2 and remove the checkmark to Include Master Source Comments on reports, > notice that this is a FF setting which will apply to the current Family File. > Now, you'd think that these Master Source Comments would never be seen in a > footnote/citation yet when you go back again and highlight a source on the > Assigned Sources window, you'll see the same footnote/citation preview at the > bottom with the Master Source Comment included. You'd think that the > Customization 7.2 would make them invisible yet they still show up on the > preview when Show Entire Source is selected. So in my mind, the option to > "Show Entire Source" over-rides the customization settings, sort of like an > all-powerful option. I'm trying to grasp the intended use of the Show Entire > Source option especially when it can over-ride customization settings. I'm > not so sure that's what the programmers intended. > > > Brian in CA > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
