Ward, Thank you for the good info. I will indeed test it with some of my complicated detail.
Accept my apology for not looking in the archive. Tim Rosenlof On 12/28/2010 12:18 PM, Ward Walker wrote: > Tim, > > The quality of the conversion varies with the nature of the template. Some > SW templates intersperse master and detail fields in the formatted output. > Once the source is converted to Basic, you get all the master info followed > by all the detail info. The result can look rather scrambled, for some > templates. Also, certain punctuation and abbreviations (like "p." for page) > can appear out of place or be missing. > > It's easy to experiment and see the results by importing the GEDCOM back > into a test family file. > > Other genealogy packages have the same issue. There are several threads on > this in the mail list archive. > > Ward > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Rosenlof"<spa...@xmission.com> > To:<LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> > Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 8:58 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] sources > > > Brian, > > I understand you would loose the SW style and revert to a Basic source. > Would that Basic source which was reverted from SW style meet/keep > Evidence! style ? > > Tim Rosenlof > > On 12/27/2010 3:16 PM, Brian/Support wrote: >> If you imported the data from a GEDCOM all the sources were created as >> Basic style sources, even if the data was originally from Legacy as SW >> style sources. The GEDCOM format for sources does not support the >> detailed source fields needed by the SW system. If the data was >> originally from Legacy you would have to import from the Legacy File in >> order to preserve the SW sources. >> >> To see the Master Sources and edit them go to View> Master Lists> >> Sources. >> >> NOTE: You cannot convert a Basic Style source to SW style by the edit >> process. You will have to create a New SW Style source for each Basic >> Style Source in the Master Source List. There is an Add button on the >> Source List screen that will let you create those new sources in SW style. > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
