Change Source Globally

 

When you go to a source for a person from the Edit screen, you can change the top part of the source which is the master source.  When you leave that screen it will ask if you want to change the source just for that one person or globally.  If you change just for one person, it will create a new source with the changes, and leave the old source in the master file also since it may be used by other people.  If you pick the choice to change the source globally, it will change the source for everyone that uses that master source.

 

Also, if you pick from the main menu File, Sources, Change Globally, you will get a list of all master sources and then you can pick one and Edit it.

 

When you edit a master source, it will change the source for every event that cites that master source.

 

An example of editing a master source is if you need to fix the spelling of the name of the author or add information about the title or publisher.  Those are changes that you would want to be applied to any event that cites this source.

 

An example of when you should NOT edit a master source is if you want to cite a different source.  For example, if you have a book cited as a source, do not change the title to a different book.  If you want to have one event cite a different book, then add a new source with the new book title.  Then delete the wrong source citation (delete the S link to the wrong title.)