Janis, What Geoff was specifically suggesting to me, is putting information in both Event Notes and Source Text. I am still considering that option.
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Janis L Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > That is a good workable idea (most of Geoff's are). (-: > > However, something in me rebels against the "messiness" 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 couldn't 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. > > *** 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
