Hello, In rootsmagic it was possible to simply enter the source once, and in case it is a shared source, we can can easily copy paste it in multiple facts with the same source. Can we do the same in Gramps? (Gramps 6 Chromebook Linux)

In Gramps, you create a source. Then you can create a citation from that source. Additional citations can be created using the same source. When you create a new citation for an event you are presented with a new blank record. At the very top you can select an existing source record or create a new…

thank you. How do I reuse a citation?

Instead of adding a new citation, you can do a seach for an existing one. You can do a seach in the citation list view and drag-n-drop it onto a floating clipboard. Once there you can dnd it into another event. In addition to the source list view, there is a source citation view that lists all cit…

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Where can we find the floating clipboard?

[image] lehrer: Where can we find the floating clipboard There is a definition of the Clipboard (and where to access it from the GUI) in the Gramps Glossary . Note: an addon gramplet called the Collections Clipboard was created for power users. Its contents are persistent (not cleared between…

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