As I've been editing my master Sources in RootsMagic 4, I'm finding that I also need to edit my Source Details - the ones that note volumes, page numbers, census pages, etc. My earlier posts about RootsMagic are here.
How can I obtain a list of the Facts that use the master Sources so that I can edit my Source Details? Ideally, there would be a button that shows a list of the Facts, and then I could click on each Fact to edit the Source Detail. Sounds simple, right? Here's the screen for a specific master Source:
There is no magic button on this screen that I can see. I checked the RootsMagic 4 Help! index and search capability and found no way to have a list like I want.
There is, of course, a way to make a Fact list using the Reports > Lists > Source List option:
That opens a "Report Settings" menu where I can choose between "Print all sources" and "Print a single source:"
Well, I have over 650 master sources, and a list of all 20,000+ Facts will likely create a report that is about 1,000 pages long. That's probably unwieldy - especially to find a specific master Source. I decided to select a single source:
I chose the 1900 U.S. Census, for which I have 227 citations at this time. Here's the start of the 9 page list:
I saved the list as an RTF file to my RootsMagic computer folder, and it opened in WordPad in a separate window. How can I use it? One way is to put the WordPad file window side-by-side with my RootsMagic 4 file window on my screen, for example:
Here I can edit my Source Detail information on the RootsMagic 4 screen. I can also highlight the completed Source Detail on the WordPad window so that I know that I've completed that one. It's a work-around, but it's fairly easy to do and use. 226 Source Details for the 1900 census to go! Then 649+ more master Sources to do.
A magic button that provides a Fact list for a specific master Source would be helpful, but I can work with the one-at-a-time list using my work-around method above.
For reference purposes, I note that Family Tree Maker 2011 and Legacy Family Tree 7.5 can access a Fact list for a specific master Source, and the user can click on the Source Detail to edit that detail, without creating a Source List report.
The Seaver Source Citation Saga continues...
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Hi Randy, Nice post of one of the same things I'd like to see as I'm doing the same sort of updating. I use the same work-around but with a slight shortcut: You can "print" directly from the Master Source list, and it will have the selected master already chosen with "Print a single source". :)
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