It is my understanding that the problems with GedCom files are the GedCom capabilities with exporting files to them. Until that "old, old" program is upgraded and rewritten, RM5 or any third part program cannot make changes and avoid the way GedCom files are handled when they are imported. If that is not correct, someone please let me know. Kate Redford Salem, Oregon, USA -----Original Message----- From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Massie Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 1:23 AM Subject: Re: [RMagic] Shared Facts vs Shortcuts for Individual entries On 05/11/12 23:12, genealzube wrote: > I don't use shared facts for many of the same reasons others stated. > I tried it when it first came out, but saw the problems with some > reports and accidentally deleted an entire shared fact twice because I > was trying to remove it from one of the shared people. > > But entering items separately for each person really isn't THAT > difficult using buttons and shortcut keys rather than re-typing the notes or sources. > But shared facts have advantages over individual facts - they're shared. That's important - you can instantly see that a fact refers to someone else; that it links people together. If, several years later, you come across your census fact, a shared fact shouts that someone else was also there. An individual fact says nothing. Also, to take an example, I have a role of 'informant' on the death fact. With that, I don't need to create a new fact 'informant' on the informant's record, which is also incompatible with other GEDCOMs. (I had previously done just that). I would like a couple of upgrades to RM: Optionally output GEDCOMs with shared facts converted to individual facts, and to allow you to transfer immediately to the person sharing any fact. That should overcome all objections to using shared facts. The legacy idea of copying entire facts seems a good idea to me, too. Get on with it Bruce! :0) -- Regards Dave ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message