No, Dede, you cannot copy the detail. When you choose Edit Detail, you get the new (and empty) Source Writer detail screen. The details of the citation are nowhere to be seen. They are not accessible.
Janis -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dede Holden Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 7:19 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Old Source Detail associated with newly Merged Master Sources Janis, I may not completely understand exactly what you're trying to do. What happens when you choose "Edit Detail"? Can you then copy your detail? Dede On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Janis Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is only visible (partially) in the Details column of the Assigned Sources > screen (for any individual). When I make the Assigned Sources screen > full-screen, and reduce the other columns to a slim width, and leave the > Details column very wide, I can almost see all of the info - but there is no > way to copy it for pasting. > > Is that more clear? > > Janis > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RICHARD > SCHULTHIES > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 5:36 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Old Source Detail associated with newly Merged > Master Sources > > Going to the Assigned Sources Screen, where do you see > the 'lost words'? Go to "Text/Comments", or other > choices. You cannot edit the info, but you can copy it > all and move it to the new correct place. > I am not sure if this is your spot. Some of them, can > be copied in scroll mode (?name?) so in this way, it > grabs the total document. If it is not accessable this > way, please be more descriptive of where you see the > hidden stuff. > Rich in LA CA > --- Jenny M Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Janis Gilmore wrote >> >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!) >> >> It is quite normal that you cannot access that old >> detail because you >> never have been able to access or copy material from >> the Assigned >> Sources Screen. You have only ever been able to >> highlight a whole row >> with either mouse or keyboard. >> >> You can, in fact (usually) make the whole Detail >> visible by altering the >> column widths before you click on Edit and then you >> can copy the Detail >> into the SourceWriter Detail field by reading and >> re-typing it. >> -- >> Jenny M Benson 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
