Yes, they are still there. And in the gallery I dragged them into, the file-path is shown in the bottom box on the right and also if I click on the Edit button. So Legacy knows where they came from. They just don't show up in File-Paths as we normally expect. And there's no import of embedded metadata as I mentioned although Legacy is slack with metadata anyway. --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/
On 7/31/2012 2:13 PM, Ron Ferguson wrote: > Interesting! Are they still there after you exit and restart Legacy? > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: JLB > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 8:14 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sources > > Strangely, though, the file-path to the files I dragged and dropped into > the Source Detail multimedia screen, do not show file-paths under > Customize/Locations/View all multimedia paths and neither does the drag > and drop method ask if I want the embedded information added to the Desc > box. > > Perhaps a Legacy support person could jump in here. > --- > > JL Beeken > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists > http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ > > On 7/31/2012 11:39 AM, JLB wrote: >> Excuse me on the last reply. It does indeed seem to be possible. I tried > >> 10 times on a census record and it wouldn't work. Funny, as it works on >> small portraits. With some persistence, it suddenly worked on the census > >> record. There you go! Don't browse, just drag and drop. >> --- >> JL Beeken >> JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists >> http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ >> >> On 7/31/2012 11:24 AM, Judith wrote: >>> "I'm talking to you from my memory as I no longer attach anything to >>> Legacy except little portraits for the people I have portraits for. It's >>> way too labour-intensive considering I can access any file in a >>> nano-second through my filing system". >>> >>> I agree, also, if you move a file in your filing system, it drops out of >>> legacy and creates a problem. Better to keep them in the filing system >>> for fast access. >>> Judith >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: JLB [mailto:j...@jgen.ws] >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:49 AM >>> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sources >>> >>> I think you'd have to experiment with the printing options here. They may >>> have changed since my day. I know there was/is? a way to print source >>> document thumbnails in reports but I didn't think it would be useful for >>> a reader so I didn't bother with it. >>> >>> There was a time when there was no such thing as a 'File' icon. Document >>> formats were linked through the Picture icon. It created major havoc when >>> the File icon arrived as all the document files were automatically >>> unlinked because they weren't an image format. >>> >>> I'm talking to you from my memory as I no longer attach anything to >>> Legacy except little portraits for the people I have portraits for. It's >>> way too labour-intensive considering I can access any file in a >>> nano-second through my filing system. >>> --- >>> JL Beeken >>> JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists >>> http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ >>> >>> On 7/31/2012 3:45 AM, Robert Runion wrote: >>>> Thanks for the insight. Some of my scanned documents are cemetery >>>> listings and census data as you state and I add those to the Master >>>> source as a 'file', rather than a 'picture'. I presume that the entry >>>> as a Master Source 'file' would not show as an icon in any subsequent >>>> book I might print? But, if I inadvertently added it as a 'picture', >>>> in lieu of a 'file' (I had this happen some years ago), the item icon >>>> showed along with the 'real' pictures in the resultant book print. A >>>> bummer. So far, adding scanned documentation (as opposed to scanned or > >>>> digital photos which I add as a 'picture' ) as a 'file' appears to be >>>> preferable since the copy/paste function for subsequent entries >>>> carries the detail sourcing data along to each entry. >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 30, 2012, at 10:23 PM, JLB wrote: >>>> >>>>> Either or both. >>>>> >>>>> Depending what it is it would go under the Picture tab of the Master >>>>> Source or the multimedia tab of Source Detail. >>>>> >>>>> For instance, a census record probably belongs to one family so I >>>>> would link that to the Multimedia tab for Source Detail. >>>>> >>>>> If it was a Master Source, (the way I define that would be something >>>>> like a cemetery listing of multiple families) I would link it to the >>>>> Pictures tab of that Master Source. >>>>> >>>>> I guess it depends how to do your sources. If create a different >>>>> Master Source for every single census record, then it would be Master > >>>>> Source. >>>>> >>>>> If you look at the Assigned Sources window for someone/anyone and >>>>> click on the Pictures tab, you'll see there's two areas there; one >>>>> called Master Source Picture and one called Source Detail Picture. >>>>> If it's a picture it's a picture. If it's a document, as you've >>>>> described it, it shows up as document-looking icon. --- JL Beeken >>>>> JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists >>>>> http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ >>>>> >>>>> On 7/30/2012 7:14 PM, RUNION ROBERT wrote: >>>>>> What is the recommended procedure to add source documentation. >>>>>> Should a scanned document (.pdf, .doc, .xls, etc) be added as a >>>>>> Multimedia 'file' under the event detail, or should the scanned >>>>>> document be added under the master source as a 'file'? >>>>>> >>>>>> Bob > > > > > 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 > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5166 - Release Date: 07/30/12 > > > 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). 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