Thanks. But I'm not asking where you can add the File ID. That information is readily available in the Help feature. What I am asking is, what is the purpose of the File ID? Perhaps it's obvious to all but me. I have my own convention for naming sources; since most sources are specific to a particular person or group of related persons, I save them in the subfolder for that family in my main genealogy folder on my hard drive. Is that what the File ID is - a way of "naming" a source? Does it correspond to the actual name of the image (jpg) as saved in your computer? I tried watching the 1st 2 Clooz videos to gain an idea of what Clooz is for, but found them (like the Legacy Help feature) uninformative. Discussion of the menus and features are of little help when the intended use of the software, feature or tool is not provided. If someone can give a succinct definition of what the File ID is that an intelligent third grader could understand, I would be grateful. (This was a definition that a college professor once gave me as to what constitutes clear writing, and I have always hewed to it.) Thanks, Barton
On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 02:15 AM, Cathy Pinner wrote: Barton, You can add a File ID to a Master Source or to Source Detail. Look for the box on those screens. I also use the CLOOZ numbering system though I no longer have CLOOZ. I'll always be grateful for the idea as I was surrounded by people who filed by family and I just couldn't get my head around how to do that without spending ages writing cross-reference notes OR spending a heap on photocopying. When my "to photocopy" pile was larger than my to file pile and virtually nothing had been filed, I figured I needed a different system. CLOOZ to the rescue. :-) But I only briefly used the first version of the program. Too much double entry. I don't know whether version 3, recently released, makes it worth using or not. Cathy [email protected] wrote: I number my documents using CLOOZ and use the File ID field to pu t the document number. ie Birth 001, Birth 002 and so on. Depends on how many categories you want. I use the KISS principal so put letters and emails under correspondence [Corr 001] Marie Marie Varrelman Melchiori, Certified Genealogist Emeritus ______________________________________________________________ CG or Certified Genealogist is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified genealogists after periodic competency evaluation, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. In a message dated 2015-12-17 11:22:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: What is a File ID? I went to Help and typed in "File ID" in the index and "File ID Number" came up. I selected Display and a screen came up with the heading "File ID Number Assista nt." There is information on how to generate lists, sort and perform various functions using the File ID, but there is no definition or explanation of the File ID itself. That information would be helpful. Thanks, Barton 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 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 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 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
