If you have a suggestion, click on the link in your Legacy file. That is the way to make suggestions; not through this list.
CE > From: rjfe...@msn.com > To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations > Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 06:44:57 -0500 > > Eddy: > > You summarized the problem very clearly. Linking citations is a very useful > and time-saving tool that should be incorporated into any good genealogical > program. Legacy seems to be a very good program but it can always be > improved. We can only hope someone is listening. > > Dick > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Eddy Steenbergen" <ganb...@iinet.net.au> > Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2015 12:51 AM > To: <legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations > > > Hello Dick > > > > I came very close to switching to FTM because of the citation issue you > > raise. > > > > FTM handles citations in a sensible fashion. After all, in the real > > world one often uses a citation to support many facts. I believe the > > handling of citations was an error in the original design of Legacy > > software and database. > > > > I don't accept for one moment that Legacy could not be modified to > > handle linking of citiations. I suspect that Legacy have concluded that > > it would take too much effort. The database structure would need to be > > modified as would the user interface in many places. > > > > It is interesting that it took an ex-FTM user to raise this issue. I > > suspect that most Legacy users have never used any other software and > > have simply got used to the way Legacy works and have found ways > > (fudges, tricks) to get around the citation issue. Maybe the demise of > > FTM will encourage Legacy to fix the problem. > > > > Cheers, > > Eddy from Tasmania. > > > > On 19/12/2015 6:14 AM, Dick and Leslie Felts wrote: > >> 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 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
