Bobby:

I see where altering a master source changes it for everyone but that's working 
at the Source level, not the Detail level.  For example, if I inadvertently 
typed "Cenuss" instead of "Census" somewhere in the Master Source, I could go 
back and edit it, and the changes show up everywhere the source appeared.  But 
what if I made a typo at the Detail level and then copied that Detail to many 
people.  I would need to correct each typo separately if I understand correctly.

But maybe I found the answer when looking at the sample database.  It looks 
like "sharing" an event handles my problem.  If I "share" a Detail citation 
with several people, it  looks like the citation can be edited anywhere it 
shows up and the correction goes to all occurrences of the citation.

Is this true?

Dick Felts


From: Bobby Johnson
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 3:52 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations


Yes! Try this. Open up the sample file so you do not miss up your data file. 
Then open the master source list choose any one of the master sources and make 
a change. Now when you save it will ask you if you wanted to apply to all 
places it has been used or do you want to save it to a new source. When you're 
comfortable with this process and you can apply to your main database.

Bobby



From: Dick and Leslie Felts [mailto:rjfe...@msn.com]
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 2:15 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations



As a refugee from FTM, I'm working hard to understand the Source/Citation 
methods of Legacy.  So far, so good with one exception.



I like to generate a single citation (such as detailed information from a 
census) and use that citation many times for different people and events.  Is 
there, or is there not, a way in Legacy to revise that citation (to correct a 
typo, for example) and have the revision apply to ALL places where the citation 
is used?  I've looked through a number of postings to this list from past years 
and it is still not clear if the feature I'm looking for exists.  The 
equivalent in FTM would be the two choices to either "copy" or "link" a 
citation.  With copied citations, you must edit each occurrence.  With linked 
citations, you can edit any occurrence of the citation and all of them change.



Thanks in advance.



Dick Felts



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