Just in case there's some other poor stupid soul out there who's as slow on
the uptake as I am:
When Geoff says "copy/paste" in Step 2, he means you to use Control-C to
copy. <blush/grin> I spent several minutes trying various combinations of
RC and Alt-RC etc. before the obvious drifted into my dim brain. (I'm
comforting myself with the thought that old mousey habits do struggle to
prevail.)
I have expanded on Geoff's method a bit; but only in that I want to be sure
I converted the citations on everybody using a given source. So, I'm
tagging the ones who are using this source before I start, removing the tag
from each individual as I go. That way the odd Gilbert-relative who is
using the same source as their distant Dunaway family kin don't get left
out. I just have to be sure to change the detail on the clipboard when I
switch households.
I do love that darned clipboard. Handy as a pocket on a shirt!
Penny
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From: "Geoff Rasmussen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:38 AM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Source conversion
As we know, the Source Conversion tool is not yet done. I don't know when
it
will be. And I've learned that I'm not going to make any statements with
the
word "soon" in it. :) I just simply don't know. So...if we do have sources
that we want to convert to the SourceWriter format, we have to manually do
this for now. I'll present the "flow" of how I've been doing mine, which
is
not to say that it is the correct method for everyone. Keep in mind that
I,
too, am new to this and am open to others' ideas/feedback.
First of all, I personally am NOT going back through ALL of my sources to
convert them to the SourceWriter format. With tens of thousands of
citations, I would never get back to research if I solely concentrated on
this. Rather, when I'm adding new sources, I always use the SourceWriter.
And when I'm currently researching a family that has Basic Style
citations,
I work to convert those citations. A citation consists of both the master
source and the source detail. Here is my process for now....
1) Open the Assigned Sources list for an individual by clicking on the
Sources icon. Here I can see which existing citations are Basic Style and
which are SourceWriter style. The SourceWriter style citations have a
small
black bullet at the beginning in the Source List Name column.
2) When I locate a Basic Style source in this list, I click on it so it is
highlighted. Then I copy/paste the entire Footnote/Endnote Citation from
the
Output tab into a Word Processor. I do the same for all of the text on the
Text/Comments tab. I also make note of the Repository and any Pictures.
With
this text pasted into my Word Processor, I have everything I need to
create
the new SourceWriter source.
3) Using the Source Clipboard, I create the SourceWriter version of this
source, entering all of the pieces into the correct fields, and pasting
the
text/comments/etc. from my word processor. If you're not comfortable with
the Source Clipboard, I strongly suggest that you become comfortable with
it. It will change your life....The Preview video of the Sources training
CD
at
http://www.legacyfamilytree.net/videos/previews/sources/sources_preview.html
teaches how to use the Source Clipboard.
4) Once the Source Clipboard is set up, using the clipboard's single blue
bar button, I locate and click on each Basic Style source in the Assigned
Sources list, and paste the source from the clipboard into the appropriate
event.
5) Each event will now have both the Basic Style source and the
SourceWriter
style source. Simply click on the Basic Style source, and click on the
Remove button. Do this until each Basic Style source is gone, and is
replaced with the SourceWriter version.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each person who shares the IDENTICAL Basic Style
source (master source and citation).
Maybe there's a better way? I haven't yet experimented with the Combine
button in the Master Source List, but from what a couple of you have
reported, this method doesn't yet do the job.
Thanks,
Geoff Rasmussen
Millennia Corporation
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