Geoff are you a touch typist? Do you use any OCR software? If yes,what is it? Whatever you use is what I will use (you can email directly). Now don't tell me off because this is not about Legacy per se. It is Legacy which has created the need. Like Jenny I spend a lot of time typing and for a "pick and pecker" that's a lot of effort (although worth it) Olwyn
> From: ge...@cedarbank.me.uk > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Text/Comments versus Scanned Image > Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:19:46 +0100 > > On 21/08/2011 16:51, Priscilla Glasow wrote: > > Do I need to type an entire document's contents into the Text/Comments tab > > in the Source Detail if I've scanned the document and have it linked to the > > source? I don't see the purpose of this and would like to save myself from > > the extensive time and effort needed to type in the text of each document. > > I didn't bother to enter the full text version if I had scan of the > document attached, but following one of Geoff's webinars (1) I have been > doing so because Geoff said that he did this so that all the text would > be available if he sent someone a Gedcom. Seemed like a good idea. > > (1) Geoff, if you only knew the amount of extra work I have been doing > since watching your webinars...! > > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > 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 > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > 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/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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
