Okay, the Alt-2 seems to work for me instead of F2 (to load the one source citation into one blank field). Make sense?
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Barbara Ford <pastors...@gmail.com> wrote: > Okay, that absolutely answers my question, though I still will read up > on the Source Clipboard, so that Kirsten won't be sad! ;-) > > And I can see where Bert's suggestion will work where, as is mostly > the case, I want to assign the same source to every field that is > completed about that person. > > But, there are times when I would like to be able to just paste it in > one blank field, where the F2 process that Gene was talking about > should work. So as soon as I figure out what to do to either make the > F2 work, or another way to do the same thing, I'll be good to go. > Barbara > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Bert van Kootwijk <vank...@hetnet.nl> wrote: >> Or, after the copy to the clipboard you can use the little button with three >> bars in it to assign the same source to all events and facts which contain >> any information with one single click >> >> Bert >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Young" <n2...@cfl.rr.com> >> To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> >> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 6:42 PM >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Selecting Source Multiple Times for One Person >> >> >>> Barbara Ford wrote: >>>> >>>> I have never been able to have a clear understanding as to this >>>> question: Is it possible to do something OTHER than saving, closing, >>>> ETC., several times, to add the same source to each aspect of a >>>> person. That's not clear, sorry. What I mean is this: When putting in >>>> information about a person, right now I am having to click, save, >>>> etc., for each fact, such as Name, Birth, Death, Burial, when usually >>>> it is the same source for all of those. I'm spending hours. Surely >>>> there is a better way. What am I missing? >>>> >>> On the individual information screen click on the Sources Icon. Select an >>> event or fact with the source you wish to copy to other events for this >>> person and then click on the bottom left icon that looks like two pages. >>> This copies that source to the clipboard. Place the cursor in any other >>> fact/event you wish to have this source assigned to and press F2. >>> >>> -- >>> Gene Y. >>> n2kvs >>> Researching Young, Zies, Harer & Cox with >>> Legacy Family Tree >>> http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/ >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 >> >> >> >> > 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
