Changing the state abbreviations can be done by going to Options > Expand/Contract Location Parts.... as long as you have the locations formatted correctly in Legacy with commas for missing elements in the locations.
If you have a lot of locations you wish to change from Co. to county, then you would do a Search > Search and Replace Find where: Lists- Location Find what: co. Replacement text: county How to find: Anywhere in field How to replace: Replace only found text with replacement text. MAKE SURE you verify each replacement because it could pick up "co." from something like Mexico. "County" should only be included in locations which do not have a town associated with them.... i.e., Seattle, King, Washington, United States , King County, Washington, United States Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Jane Sarles <[email protected]> wrote: > But, what if one wishes to change only one word, i.e.: I began by using the > abbreviation "Co." and only recently changed to the full word "County" in my > locations. Now I would like to be able to change all those "Col"s to County > with one click. Same thing with state abbreviations - I need to change all > those "IN"s to Indiana. Don't think I can do it within the location list, > that I can tell. Am I wrong? > > Jane Sarles 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
