Deborah, In Sourcewriter, the "basic format" is one of the choices under "Medium," i.e. is it an online image, a CD, a microfilm, etc. Yes, I use it for real books (hard copies). I also use it in other situations where I don't think the other choices quite fit. (It has nothing to do with the Basic Source system, as far as I can tell).
In the case of books, at least, I have found the "basic format" almost always includes the necessary information, or that I could easily modify it to do so (e.g. by leaving some fields blank or placing certain data in other fields). Can you give an example of what you believe is missing? Connie --- On Thu, 1/7/10, Deborah Trounstine <dtrounst...@comcast.net> wrote: > When entering a source using the > SourceWriter, can someone tell me what > they mean by "Basic format" > e.g. Books > Book, authored > Two authors > Basic > format > I have been assuming that Basic format means that you have > (or have > viewed) a hard copy of the book, but the form that is > provided in SW > doesn't really contain spaces for all of the citation > details that I > would expect. This "Basic format" shows up in a number of > the source > templates but this happens to be one that I'm looking at > right now. > Any help with this - or suggestions on a better source > "medium" to > choose if you have a hard copy of the source will be > appreciated! > Thanks, > Deborah Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp