Re: Add media to sources, source citations or both?
Onthulist wrote:"They say the description field in the source citation is so that you can provide the page number or other clarifying data in the source. But if the source itself was a 1-page letter,...
View ArticleFTM 2012 and 2013 wish list
2012 works well for me. It was tough getting my large file with over 90,000 names and with almost 7000 media files converted. Tech support was no help. They gave it a try and encountered the same...
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It was announced that there will be no FTM 2013, but there are "bonus updates" to...
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Onthuhlist128,I did NOT say that Citation Media were NOT downloaded, I said that they are NOT UPLOADED. In fact, I gave you an example for the exception. And that exception ONLY happens when you work...
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Onthuhlist128,AKA / Nicknames have their own FACT as they have for most versions of Family Tree Maker.Russ
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012 and 2013 wish list
another thread about it, here:http://boards.ancestry.com/topics.software.famtreemaker/8849...
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Did you mean only in an ancestry tre when you said: "A Media file can only be linked to a Citation. NOT a Source. Check it out. Go to a Source. To get a Media file to that "source entry" you need a...
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Silver Fox,You said:"A media file can be attached to a Source directly (and not though a citation) in FTM2012, but I don't recommend it, for the reasons I posted above"I had to try that out. I created...
View ArticleHelp! FTM 2012 - won't open
I am having serious problems running FTM 2012. The last time I successfully used FTM, I did not notice any problems; it seemed to close down fine. That was yesterday.Now when I try to start the...
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Russ,I added Media to a source that was already set up by right-clicking the source (left hand column in the source workspace), then clicking on the media tab and linking to a source in the usual...
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Rosemary,Please see my attached file. I right clicked on the Source and received a pop-up window.Thank you for the details.Russ
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Onthuhlist128 comments1- “Thanks for your input. Actually, both Family Tree Maker and the online system been redesigned in the past few years, and they are 95% in common now, and the differences don't...
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Russ,I left out a step it seems ... Right-click, then click on Edit Source, then the full Edit Source Panel appears. At that point I clicked on the Media Tab and from there on it was the same as adding...
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Rosemary,Thank you, BUT, what does the Edit Source bring up???? A CITATION screen / window, Right?OK -- I think we are getting to the point here.Yes, you can ADD a media file from that screen. BUT it...
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I would try opening FTM using another tree, if you have one.
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Russ,When I'm working I always attach media to a citation, never the source directly. I may have attached media to the source itself when I was just starting out but soon discovered that wasn't what I...
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Rosemary,I totally agree with: "although for the life of me I can't see what good it does you."I am going to leave it like this. If folk want to link a Media to a Source, so be it.Thank you,Russ
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Have you rebooted the computer since encountering the problem?
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Rosemary,I just thought of something else. Based on this discussion, one would treat a Photograph of a person to a Source.I am trying to figure out WHY, someone would want to link a Media file to a...
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Russ,That's how I understand it. I'm only familiar with the UK Census but the same thing applies.RosemaryP.S. "treat a photo of a person TO a source"? Do you mean AS a source?
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