Kevin, I think if you look in the archives it would be of good thoughts/suggestions. As Kirsten mentions, we had a fairly long thread about it.
Regards, Tim Rosenlof On 6/18/2010 12:51 PM, Kevin Walker wrote: > 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] > <mailto:[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] > <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
