That is a good workable idea (most of Geoff¹s are). (-: However, something in me rebels against the ³messiness² of throwing something into general notes. I like to enter each piece of data into its own little cell. Maybe because I was on TMG prior to Legacy.
I would, in fact, like to see a somewhat more atomic approach within Legacy. (I just couldn¹t live with the crude TMG graphics. They drove me crazy. Call me superficial..... <g>) Janis On 12/4/08 2:33 PM, "Bruce Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let me share an idea I got from Geoff Rasmussen. With the flexibility Legacy > offers, we can consider entering data in more than one place, then use various > options to only include what we want. > > For example, the biography data could be entered both as an event AND in the > General Notes. > - One time you could exclude the General Notes (or the portion in privacy > brackets) and just get the information in the Events. > - Another time you could include the General Notes but exclude one or all > Event Notes. > This can be done a number of ways: > - Remove the "[notes]" from the Event sentence (requires more effort than the > other methods below) > - Make the event private and not including private Events > - Put the Event Notes in privacy brackets and not include private notes > > There are very likely other ways to accomplish this. > > It does require more time in entering the data to get this flexibility so we > need to be sure we want it. > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 3:04 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm having some personal conflict in whether to add data as a note or an >> event and would like some views on where folks place specific data . >> >> For example - I have a biography from relative A - should I enter it under >> the notes or make it an event? another - If entering 1860 census data >> showing Uncle Joe's family and those living in his household - note or event? >> >> Some observations when preparing a 'book' report - Descendant Narrative : (1) >> If I enter data as a note, the information is located immediately under the >> persons name as a flowing narrative, which can get rather lengthy plus would >> require adding my sourcing information to the narrative if I wanted to show >> where I got the information; OR (2) if entered as an event, the data becomes >> a short cryptic entry after the name with a footnote. I do note that the >> entire data can appear in the footnote, together with the sourcing material, >> providing that feature is elected when setting up the source detail (i.e., >> selecting 'Add this text to the source citation on reports' ). >> >> It may be that personal preference dictates this, but I would appreciate some >> insight from others on how they use the notes and events feature. >> >> Bob >> >> >> >> >> *** Holiday discounts on Legacy 7.0, add-ons, books, and more. Visit >> http://tinyurl.com/65rpbt. *** >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> *** Holiday discounts on Legacy 7.0, add-ons, books, and more. >> <http://tinyurl.com/65rpbt> *** >> 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 >> *** Holiday discounts on Legacy 7.0, add-ons, books, and more. Visit http://tinyurl.com/65rpbt. *** 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
