Thanks Kirsten, that is what I needed to know. I suppose the ability to copy and paste elements of the citation is not a total loss.
Kevin On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Kirsten Bowman <[email protected]> wrote: > Kevin: > > It depends on *where* the original source citation is. If it's in a Word > document or at Ancestry.com, then you can copy/paste individual elements of > the citation into appropriate fields in Legacy but you can't do the whole > thing in one operation. We just had a fairly long thread (check the > Archives) on Ancestry's source citation format and I agree with most of the > posters that a good portion of their self-promotion can be omitted. > > Creating proper source citations seems like a pain at first, but it gets > easier with practice and it's one of the most valuable things you can do in > building your database. > > Kirsten > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Walker [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 9:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Source Citations in Legacy 7.4 > > > Newbie here. > > Is there a way to just copy and paste in a source citation without having > to fill out the SourceWriter or the template? > > Thanks in advance. > > Kevin Walker > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
