The way i did similar task was to use 'search and replace', then for the less used locations, I went to Master Location list, created a 'plug' ex: Queensland, then sorted the list to move them together, then opened each place with Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V on top of the old. Rich in LA CA
--- On Sat, 3/13/10, Ann Pickett <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ann Pickett <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations, addresses and events > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 9:33 PM > Thanks for your comments Jan. I had a > look at what you suggested and had a > little play around. > > I changed one of my entries from "Brisbane, QLD, Australia" > to "Brisbane, > Queensland, Australia" with a short name of Brisbane, QLD, > AUS. > > Then I went to (Options-Customise-View) and checked the box > next to "Use > short location names on screen views". That will suit my > requirements apart > from the fact that all my other short descriptions have > appeared as > "Brisbane, Qld, Aus" and the overseas ones as e.g. > "Scarborough, Nry, Eng" > which is not correct. > > Years ago I changed the overseas locations to be long with > a short > alternative and I didn't change the Australian ones at that > time because I > like to use QLD, NSW etc. When I originally entered these > places I know I > typed all the Chapman Codes in capitals. Why have they > reverted to lower > case? Is there an easy way to fix this without being a > mamouth task? > > Regards, Ann from Australia > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jan Roberts" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 1:03 PM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Locations, addresses and events > > > Ann, > You can customise the short version for any / all of your > locations. Only > thing is, as you add new locations you have to periodically > go in and change > the short name for any new ones you've added. Easy to > do though. And you > can elect to see the short location names on the individual > screen. Any > locations where the short name is different to the long one > will show the > short name - if you haven't actually made any changes to > the long name it > will show the long name. (By default the short name is the > same as the long > name.) > > Let's see if I can get the process right! > > Go to View > Master Lists > Location > Click on a location name > Click on Edit > You will see the long name and beneath it the short name > Make any changes here for individual locations. > > If you want to make global changes - e.g. all Queensland to > QLD the process > is a little different. > > Go to Search > Search and Replace > Find where - lists - location short > Find what - (e.g.) Queensland > Replacement Text - (e.g.) QLD > Make appropriate selections in the How to Find box and the > How to replace > box. > Click START > > You get the option to change all occurrences automatically, > or to do them > one at a time to avoid unintentional changes. > > Cheers > Jan (also in AUS) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ann Pickett [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, 14 March 2010 13:44 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations, addresses and events > > Thanks also to Jennifer -- I certainly see your point > (Queensland instead of > QLD etc.) but I prefer to see the shorter version on the > Family screen so, > unless there's a way of seeing the short version for > Australia and the long > version for the rest of the world, I'll stick to what I > have. I can easily > change with search & replace if I have to. > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 > 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
