RootsMagic 8:Adding a Source

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The Citation Manager provides the commands to:

·add new citation,

·edit existing citations,

·copy a master source and add it multiple people,

·memorize an existing citation and add it to (paste) other people, families or facts

·delete a citation from a person, family or fact.

Add Source

To access the Citation Manager window for a person, spouse, a set of parents, or one of the facts

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Open a person’s Edit Person window, and either

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Highlight the person, a spouse, a set of parents, or one of the facts at the left, and click the "Sources" button in the right edit pane, or

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Click the box in the "Sources" column to the right of the person, a spouse, a set of parents, or one of the facts

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From one of the navigation views, highlight a person, then click the Sources icon in the toolbar, and select "Person" (for general sources), "Family" (for family sources) or "Source List" (to see the master source list)

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Open the RootsMagic Explorer, highlight a person, then in the Individual Information pane click the box in the "Sources" column to the right of the person, a spouse, a set of parents, or one of the facts

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Open the RootsMagic Explorer, highlight the person on the left, then, in the Individual Information pane, highlight the person, a spouse, a set of parents, or one of the facts, and click the down arrow (upper right corner) and select the "Sources" button from the drop down list.