Ron, Since Gail and I are in the same boat (having tried to merge an old-style source with a Source Writer source), I believe what she meant was that the remnant of the original source detail is at least partially visible in the Assigned Sources screen, but does not show in the Output box, and is not accessible in any way. If you click on the Master Source, you get just that - the Master Source. If you click on Source Detail, you get a new empty Source Writer source detail entry box. Nothing, however, will enable access to the old source detail, in spite of the fact that it is partially visible.
(Gee, this is hard to describe!) Janis -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 7:55 AM To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Old Source Detail associated with newly Merged Master Sources Gail, I'm a little puzzled - have you tried to use Highlight and Ctrl + C to copy? The mouse won't work. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ New Blog: Free Contacts Database for use with Open Office http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:26:33 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Old Source Detail associated with newly Merged Master Sources > > I think what Janis and I were talking about has to do with what > happens to the source detail. When you merge an old master source > (which has one or more details attached to it) into a new sourcewriter > source, the new source does replace the old one as expected. The > source details associated with the old source also do seem to go along > and become part of the the newly merged source. > > *However*, when you look at the assigned sources screen, you cannot > see the old source details in the source output tab at the bottom of > the screen, even when you select "show entire source" (at least I > can't). You *can* still see part of the source details in the upper > part of the assigned sources screen, but unless your entry is short > (which mine aren't for my census sources), you will have to stretch > the field width to the max to (hopefully) see it all. Even then, I > don't believe you can do a copy/paste of this data, but maybe I am > wrong. > > I have been feverishly working on source conversion for the last > couple of days and I think I have a few good tips to share. When I > get the kids off to camp, I'll try to write something up. It is still > a tedious process, but I don't think it's going to be as bad as I > first thought. I have 800 master sources in my database and tens of > thousands of source details associated with them. Whew! > > > Gail Rich Nestor > Smyrna, Georgia > www.roots2buds.net > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 4:41 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: >> >> Dede Holden wrote >>> >>> Based on what Geoff and Dave B have said, I think my source and details >>> were pretty clear cut - no conflicts so everything combined like it was >>> supposed to. >> >> If you did indeed do exactly what you described in your original post, you >> merged the *new* Source into the *old* one. This does retain the old >> Source Detail. Presumably what you intended to do is the opposite - old >> into new - and everyone is finding that Source Details are *not* retained in >> the new, merged Source. >> >> Has your newly combined Source got the bullet next to it when you look at >> the Source List? If not, then you definitely merged new into old. >> -- >> Jenny M Benson >> _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000002ukm/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
