Family Tree Maker ^(TM) FAQ 004

I'm entering a lot of data from one source. Is there any way to reduce the number of keystrokes to enter all those citations into FTM?	List Home <Prev Next>
If you temporarily change the title of a Master Source to prefix it with an asterisk (*), this will cause that title to "float" to the top of the list of titles, which are sorted alphabetically. Now, when you make a citation, the source you want is always right at the top of the list. The keyboard sequence then goes like this: [select field to receive citation]  CTL+S  enter source citation  ALT+S  locate master source  ENTER  accept selected title  [enter citation specifics here]  ENTER  citation complete If you can avoid entering specifics, like page numbers, the pattern goes pretty quickly. The "Title of Source" field is a Fastfield. Entering the first characters, to the point of uniqueness, should recall the whole title. You can speed this up by temporarily prefixing the title with a unique character. You may want to Copy (CTL+C) the title to the clipboard, then Paste (CTL+V) it into the Title of Source field for each new citation.	Don't forget to undo any changes to the Master Source title when you are done!
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