FTM allowed one to enter a detail without a source attached to it. That was a mistake for me to do it, because when I imported my FTM file into Legacy all those myriad Citations suddenly became separate Sources. Thankfully Legacy had the tools to allow me to pull them all together. This was what I was trying to explain to Keeka, You can highlight a source to combine it into another, or only edit the source, not create and delete. You can even use Global Search and Replace to change/edit several sources at once.
Legacy has several tools to make it easier, but we all tend to make it more complicated. I have been using Legacy for 8 months and still I find new and easier ways to do things. That is why this list is great. Everyone has great ideas and it is good to see another or easier way to do something that I did not know Legacy was able to do. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sherry Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 4:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] re: Editing source details Acutally, I think I can blame other programs Louise! When I first started using Family Tree Maker, the source field was 80 characters long. That was it. How do you put a decent source in with only 80 characters? I did a *lot* of abbreviating! The next few upgrades weren't much better - although it did go up to 256 characters eventually. I don't know how their sources look now, but I'm still trying to fix the mess that I got from using their source feature. Not to mention the fact that even with an increased field, there was never any good instructions about sourcing and being a newbie, I just tried to wing it! Sherry >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On >Behalf Of Louise Par >Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 12:44 PM <snip> > >Changing (Editing) them is a little work, but that is the >price we have to >pay for not entering them properly the first time. I KNOW, >because I have >been there, done that. > >We can't blame Legacy or any other genealogy program for that. To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
