Jean, Your problem may lie in ticking the ‘Exact’ radio button as this implies that the *only* word in the field is ‘OH’, I suggest that you should select ‘Anywhere in the field’.
But, then, you have already realised this – yes Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Jean Suplick Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 11:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Search & replace Did you ever get the feeling that as soon as you post a question to the LUG, the answer will come to you seconds later? Hmmmm..... Let's see if that works. :-) Search and replace does not appear to be working. Can someone point out what I'm doing wrong? In my master location list I want to replace all OH abbreviations with Ohio. I have many sources formatted as "Carroll Co., OH", for instance (without the double quotes). I use the same place name in both the List-Location field and the Lists-Location Short fields. Here are my search and replace settings: Find where: Lists-Location [or Lists-Location Short] FInd what: OH [no spaces at beginning or end] Replacement text: Ohio How to find: Find whole word only [ticked] Match case [ticked] Exact [radio button selected] How to replace: Replace only found text with replacement text [ticked] Thank you, Jean 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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