And Legacy still can't handle linking of individuals to one event without a whole lot of hair-tearing. I miss TMG soooo much. Legacy is OK, but it isn't a very good relational database. Sue
On 18-Dec-15 10:26 PM, CE WOOD wrote: > Good luck....It seems they are irrevocably dependent on MS Access, for > good and for bad, so new really good ideas are falling on deaf ears. > > > CE > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > From: whbosw...@gmail.com > To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations > Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 20:56:52 -0500 > > Dick: > > I mentioned this a few years ago and I was told this is a feature that > is unavailable for Legacy because of its structure using MS Access. > This was the only feature in Family Tree Maker that was useful for me > and saved a lot of time when I had to make a change in many citation > details at once, or had to cite one citation to many in an all-in-one > place. I find this would be useful especially for correcting census > citation details. It seems if it can be done for the source itself it > could be done with the citation detail. > > Bill > > *From:*Dick and Leslie Felts [mailto:rjfe...@msn.com] > *Sent:* Friday, December 18, 2015 4:51 PM > *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations > > Follow-up: Nope. Changing the Detail text in a shared event didn't > change the text when it was displayed for a different person. The > change only appeared for the primary person in the shared event. > > Dick > > *From:*Bobby Johnson <mailto:b...@brmemc.net> > > *Sent:*Friday, December 18, 2015 3:52 PM > > *To:*legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > <mailto: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 > <mailto: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 > > > > 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus 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
