That will work in some cases. For instance when your source document changes you still have to go find every occurrence and change it to the new picture. And then of course what happens when you make extensive changes vs. simple 1 or 2 character typos.
For me using the Detail just causes more work. But, I'm glad it works for you and others. We all work differently. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cathy > Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 5:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Sources (One More Time) > > Correcting typos in Source Detail is easy. I too often have to do it. > Sometimes because I now have access to better census images via the > internet than the ones I saw on film or were kindly emailed to me. > > Use the Search and Replace > Where to look: Citation - Details (or Citation - Text ... There is > this vocab change from Source Detail to Citation) > What to look for: a phrase which includes the typo > Replace with: the phrase with the correction > > How to find: I mostly use "anywhere in field" > How to replace: Replace only found text with replacement text > > If you are confident you've chosen a large enough phrase to search on > that it is unique to that source detail and then replace with the > correction, you can choose, Replace All. > Otherwise, take a look at each instance found and choose to Replace or > skip. > > Cheers, > Cathy > > At 12:52 AM 30/05/2006, you wrote: > > > > I really like the idea of creating a single link of a whole source > (Master > > > + > > > Detail) which can then be applied multiple times to facts and/or > people > > > instead of having to paste multiple copies of the same source all over > the > > > place. If I find a typo in a citation detail, curently I have to > change > > > each instance of that citation detail. This could include the pasting > to > > > many members of a family and to many facts (i.e. name, birth, > occupation, > > > etc.) for each person. Wouldn't it be nice instead to have one link > of > > > that > > > source to change one time?! > > > (From Gail Rich Nestor) > > > >I agree 100% with this one. This is the reason I put the majority of my > >sources as Master instead of Detail. It makes for more sources but that > >doesn't concern me as much as the time it takes to find and correct each > >detail citation instead of just one Master every time I make a typo. > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research > trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 > Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
