Jenny wrote " If you mean you are entering the same information in BMD fields, etc then you can use the Repeat button "
Where IS the Repeat button? You used to be able to click (right click?) in a field, & info entered in a previous field would be repeated -- but that no longer works for me. I can't find anything relevant in Legacy Help. Pat On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Ed Carpenter <e...@lvcs.net> wrote: > If these are going into the same file, you would not want to add the same > people multiple times, but use the "Link To" button when adding someone > that exists elsewhere in the file. > > Thank you, > Ed Carpenter > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Jenny M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk>wrote: > >> On 22/08/2012 23:20, Lavern Hall wrote: >> > I have a case where two brothers from one family >> > married two sisters from a another family. >> > I have entered family information for the two brothers >> > (parents, spouses--in this case, each of the sisters-- >> > and the children). As I begin working on the family >> > with the two sisters, I realize that there is going to >> > be a lot of duplication of effort, so the question is: >> > Is there a way to copy data from one family to the other? >> > And, if copying data isn't the solution, any suggestions? >> >> You can, of course, use the Event Clipboard if you are copying Events >> from one person to another and the Source Clipboard if you are >> repeatedly using the same Sources. If you mean you are entering the >> same information in BMD fields, etc then you can use the Repeat button >> to enter the same information as in the same field for the previous >> person you entered. >> >> -- >> 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
