I have a question about the different softwares. I am testing all of them to see which I want to use after deciding to finally say bye bye to PAF. I am comparing Ancestral Quest, Legacy and RootsMagic to see how they treat sources. The video for Legacy shows a different screen for "Add a New Source" than what I get in the free version. The screen I get shows only 14 options for "Type" whereas the Legacy Beginners Video shows a different screen with a lot more options. Just wondering if the more complete option is only available for the pay version. Does anyone know? Also, the source entry for AQ is weird. No matter what type of source you choose, you get the exact same fields. So for an internet or electronic database source, you get "vol., p. #" just like you would for a book but not "url" or "access date." Seems very odd to me. Again, does this happen just because I am using the free version, does anyone know? So far, only RootsMagic gives a full and type-specific selection of fields appropriate to and tailored to a particular source. Thanks, Barton

Barton, nothing weird about adding sources for AQ. You can create more tags to suit yourself. There are standards for source tags. (BTW, to get PAF into AQ, click open and and find paf you want, and it will do the rest.) David Samuelsen On 5/17/2014 7:02 PM, Barton Lewis wrote: > I have a question about the different softwares. I am testing all of them > to see which I want to use after deciding to finally say bye bye to PAF. I > am comparing Ancestral Quest, Legacy and RootsMagic to see how they treat > sources. The video for Legacy shows a different screen for "Add a New > Source" than what I get in the free version. The screen I get shows only 14 > options for "Type" whereas the Legacy Beginners Video shows a different > screen with a lot more options. Just wondering if the more complete option > is only available for the pay version. Does anyone know? Also, the source > entry for AQ is weird. No matter what type of source you choose, you get > the exact same fields. So for an internet or electronic database source, > you get "vol., p. #" just like you would for a book but not "url" or "access > date." Seems very odd to me. Again, does this happen just because I am > using the free version, does anyone know? So far, only RootsMagic gives a > full and type-specific selection of fields appropriate to and tailored to a > particular source. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Barton > > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to [email protected] and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >