ronald ferguson wrote
I'm afraid that I have only loosely been following this thread. I
cannot understand why you do not highlight the bit of the line "Event:
Census -24 June 1880, Goldsberry Township......." and use Ctrl + C to
copy it? (Actually I don't see why you are not getting the full detail
below that line either, but maybe that's another story! I always check
"Show entire source" so that I can copy the citation date).
The problem is this. Once you have combined an old-style Master Source
with a SourceWriter Master Source, the only place you are able to see
anything that was originally typed into Source Details (the first Detail
screen, not Text or Comments) is in the Detail column of the upper
portion of the Assigned Sources screen, from where it cannot be copied.
It doesn't show in the Footnote/Endnote Citation showing in the lower
portion of the screen and does not appear when you click on Edit Detail.
There *is* a way to be able to Copy and Paste the old Detail, but I
think it is much more awkward and time-consuming than simply
Reading/Typing the old to the new. The other way is to create the new
SourceWriter Master Source and *do not* combine the old Source into it.
Go to each person using the old source and in Assigned Sources Ctrl-C
the relevant details from the citation in the lower part of the window.
Then click Cite a Master Source and select the new SourceWriter Master
and Paste the Details. When you have done this for everyone, combine
the old Source with the new. Then everyone will have 2 copies of that
Source, old and new and you need to go back and delete the old one. I
don't recommend this method!
Also, what you typed before in Source Detail doesn't always match up
with the new fields in Detail Information.
I have now converted my IGI and BVRI sources to the new style and am
working my way through adjusting the details. It is not taking long - a
couple of evening's work and I am about half done. I feel the amount of
detail and the look of my new Sources makes them very professional and
to me it is time well-spent.
--
Jenny M Benson
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