> Anyway, if you provide about 5 to 10 ACTUAL examples of WHAT you want to
> change to WHAT, perhaps it would become clearer for the users on this > list to help you. I would like to have the location list so that it will operate as it is supposed as regards sorting, data input automatically (in which first few letter are typed) , basically as Geoff advised in the Training video. Examples of what I have now: , Abdingdon Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia , , Pickens County, South Carolina Borden, Wood Township, Clark County, Indiana Cane Creek Cemetery, Snow Camp, Alamance County, North Carolina 637 N. Pine St., Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana On , Jerry <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jane. I'm not sure, off the top of my head, why those boxes are > greyed out for you. However, I think you might have great success with > the SEARCH and REPLACE module in Legacy. You can go there and select: > FIND WHERE: Lists - Location ________________________ > REPLACEMENT TEXT: ________________________ > For example, let's say that you had records where you used: > Michigan, United States > but you wished to use > MI, USA > If you put Michigan, United States in your search term > and > MI, USA in your replacement text term, the system would be able to > change both things at once. > However, this also means that you would have to make several passes > through your database because you would need to look for 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
