Bill: Thanks for the reply. Yes, it does seem like applying the same technique to both sources and citation details is doable but maybe there are complexities I don't understand. I guess this is only a big deal to those of us who previously used Family Tree Maker. Not a deal breaker but definitely a frustration.
Dick From: William Boswell Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 8:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations Dick: I mentioned this a few years ago and I was told this is a feature that is unavailable for Legacy because of its structure using MS Access. This was the only feature in Family Tree Maker that was useful for me and saved a lot of time when I had to make a change in many citation details at once, or had to cite one citation to many in an all-in-one place. I find this would be useful especially for correcting census citation details. It seems if it can be done for the source itself it could be done with the citation detail. Bill From: Dick and Leslie Felts [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 4:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations Follow-up: Nope. Changing the Detail text in a shared event didn't change the text when it was displayed for a different person. The change only appeared for the primary person in the shared event. Dick From: Bobby Johnson Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 3:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations Yes! Try this. Open up the sample file so you do not miss up your data file. Then open the master source list choose any one of the master sources and make a change. Now when you save it will ask you if you wanted to apply to all places it has been used or do you want to save it to a new source. When you're comfortable with this process and you can apply to your main database. Bobby From: Dick and Leslie Felts [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 2:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations As a refugee from FTM, I'm working hard to understand the Source/Citation methods of Legacy. So far, so good with one exception. I like to generate a single citation (such as detailed information from a census) and use that citation many times for different people and events. Is there, or is there not, a way in Legacy to revise that citation (to correct a typo, for example) and have the revision apply to ALL places where the citation is used? I've looked through a number of postings to this list from past years and it is still not clear if the feature I'm looking for exists. The equivalent in FTM would be the two choices to either "copy" or "link" a citation. With copied citations, you must edit each occurrence. With linked citations, you can edit any occurrence of the citation and all of them change. Thanks in advance. Dick Felts 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
