The Event Clipboard (at present) copies the Source
exactly and doesn't look for any edit requests. But
when ading the Event to the new person, but before
saving, I go to the source icon on the event page to
do the edit. I also forget sometimes, too.
Rich
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> Ron,
>
> I really appreciate your taking the time to respond
> and I think I muddied
> the waters with my last comment, so let me start
> again from scratch and
> try to be clearer. (Sorry to be slow to respond but
> we were having
> problems with our DSL connection yesterday.)
>
> The process in re Source Clipboard that you have
> described is exactly the
> one I use when I'm entering a bunch of events and
> other info from the same
> source.
>
> That is not what I'm talking about.
>
> I am talking about, e.g., one EVENT that I want to
> copy to several
> different people. So
>
> 1) I create an event, e.g.:
> EVENT: Moved
> DESCRIPTION: from Botetourt Co., VA, to
> DATE: 1836-1837
> LOCATION: South Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN
>
> 2) I click on the blue arrow, and on the Source
> Clipboard, I set/enter the
> source and detail info ("p. 33"), and put a check
> mark in front of "Prompt
> for Detail."
> 3.) I click OK.
> 4.) I am now back to the "Add Event" screen.
> 5.) On the lower right hand side of the screen are
> two clipboard icons.
> 6.) I click on the LEFT-hand of the two icons, which
> copies BOTH the event
> AND the SOURCE to the EVENT clipboard.
> 7.) I click on SAVE.
> 8.) I enter some additional info for the same
> individual from the same
> source and click on the one-bar or three-bar icon
> and when prompted for
> the detail, I either keep the same page number or
> change it, as needed. I
> also enter some additional info from ANOTHER source,
> and change the Source
> clipboard to the new source.
> 9.) I go to another individual who made a similar
> move as in #1
> 10.) On that individual's Edit screen, I click on
> "Add."
> 11.) I am now at the "Add Event" screen.
> 12.) At the lower right of the screen, I click on
> the RIGHT-hand of the
> two clipboard icons.
> 13.) The info as described in #1 above is inserted.
> (the source is the
> same as in the first event BUT the info is on a
> different page number).
> BUT I am not prompted for the new detail, which
> would be "p. 66".
>
> 14.) Now IF I remember and IF I still have the same
> source on my Source
> clipboard, I CAN click on the blue arrow and change
> the detail info before
> clicking on SAVE and all is well. BUT if in the
> meantime I've changed the
> source on my source clipboard (as described in #8
> above) or if I FORGET to
> change the detail, then when I click on SAVE, I am
> putting the right
> source but with the wrong page number in. Even
> though I have told it to
> prompt me for the detail it is NOT doing that.
> Even if my memory is fool-proof and if I have not
> entered a new source, it
> is taking a bit longer to have to click the blue
> arrow. Now this is NO
> BIG DEAL, but since I have told it to 'PROMPT for
> detail', why is it not
> doing so???
> And if I do FORGET, then I have to go in and change
> the detail or maybe
> even look the info up again to find out what page it
> was on, etc.
>
> I really do not see what is wrong with being
> prompted for the detail when
> I am using the EVENT clipboard AND have checked
> "Prompt for Detail."
>
> Is this making sense now?
>
> Pat
>
>
>
> > Pat,
> > Please let me expalin how I use the clipboard, as
> I cannot understand why
> > you have a different source when you click the
> blue arrow (and we are
> > talking about the same one) unless you use the
> books icon to set the
> > source.
> >
> > Use Source Clipboard to enter sources for a batch
> of events
> >
> > 1. Create an event
> > 2. click the blue arrow
> > 3. load (or set) the Master Source
> > 4. enter the details, date, picture and surety
> level also check for detail
> > if needed
> > 5. click OK
> > 6. click the 1 or 3 bar icon as required
> > 7. copy the event details if required
> >
> >
> > These settings will stick until changed as the
> last source used is always
> > set
> >
> > Ron Ferguson
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
> >>To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
> >>Subject: RE: [LegacyUG]--Sourcing problem-Copying
> events and sources by
> >> clipboard
> >>Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 20:56:27 -0400 (EDT)
> >>
> >>Ron,
> >>
> >>Thanks for your response, but,
> >>Sorry -- I don't see a blue up arrow except for
> the one that shows the
> >>source on the source clipboard -- but that source
> is different from the
> >>one I entered for this particular event and which
> was copied along with
> >>the event to the event clipboard and now appears
> as the source for this
> >>particular item, though the detail is wrong.
> >>
> >>Pat
> >>
> >
> >
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