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[DoninRiver]

If I copy, paste and rename a RootsMagic source template and change something, does it become a Free Form Template?

 

If I copy, paste and rename rename a RootsMagic source template and do not change anything, does it become a Free Form Template?

 

If I copy the elements of a RootsMagic source template into a Free Form Template, does the resulting source template remain a Free Form Template?

 

DoninRiver

 

 

 

[bgellisshapiro]

A free form template has no elements.  It is basically just a space where you type in the text you want.

 

Copying one of the RM templates does not turn the copy into a free form template.  It gives you a template that is similar to the original, but allows you to modify it to your specifications.

 

If you copy the elements of an RM template into a free form template, what you will probably see is the coding used in the original template.

[TomH]

The copy of a source template is identical to the original except for the name until you modify it.

You cannot copy the elements of a source template into the Free Form template. It is hard-coded and uneditable.

[Jerry Bryan]

It's not relevant to the question of copying a source template, but the Free Form source template has two elements - Footnote and Page. The Footnote element is a part of the Master Source and the Page element is a part of the Source Details. The Page element doesn't literally have to contain a page number. It can contain any text you wish. If the page number is omitted, you simply include a complete footnote sentence of your choice in the Footnote element.

 

There is a built-in and unchangeable sentence template that acts as follows.

[Footnote]<, [Page]>.

Jerry

[DoninRiver]

Thank you

Don