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Scroll colour for Source records

Post by donone » 08 Mar 2014 19:54

Clutching at straws...
is there any way to change the colour of the yellow 'scroll' icon next to sources in the Source Records window?

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Re: Scroll colour for Source records

Post by tatewise » 08 Mar 2014 22:48

I don't think so, but I'm not quite sure which dialogue window you're referring to.

Is it the icon shown in glossary:sources|> Sources at the centre top of every Property Box dialogue with the tooltip Show Sources if you hover the cursor on it?

Why do you wish to change it?
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Re: Scroll colour for Source records

Post by donone » 09 Mar 2014 08:35

yellow 'scroll' icon next to sources in the Source Records window
Source Records-Records Window. i.e. the Sources Tab alongside Individuals, Notes, Repositories.

The purpose was to try to distinguish different Source Records from the long list of every Source Record I have created.
'On reflection'... I suppose I could add a Custom ID and place a keyword in there, I simply thought that a different coloured 'scroll' would be instantly visible.
In view of your answer and my 'on reflection' I have probably answered my own question.

Thank you.

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Re: Scroll colour for Source records

Post by tatewise » 09 Mar 2014 11:21

There is a better solution, by using the Source Type, which is for keywords exactly as you described and as explained in glossary:sources|> Sources. I think FH comes with a default set of keywords to pick.

These Source Type keywords can be managed via Tools > Work with Data > Source Types and printed in one of the Special Data Reports.

Also Ancestral Sources maps its data entry onto these Type keywords.

The sort of keywords that I use are:
Baptism Record
Biography
Birth Certificate
Birth Record
Census Record
Christening Record
Death Certificate
Divorce Decree
Electoral Roll
File Merge
Genealogy Report
Location
Marriage Banns
Marriage Certificate
Marriage Record
Military Details
Missive / Memo
News Cutting
Probate Document
Will & Testament
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Re: Scroll colour for Source records

Post by donone » 09 Mar 2014 16:11

Thank you for the excellent guidance as always tatewise.
No matter what I read I don't seem to find the right one.
Eventually I will have read everything and thus run out of excuses.

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