Well, now I'm confused a little about this naming convention. I understand there are different points of view over this subject, so I'm not trying to stir anything up--just trying to figure which one works best for me.
If I have a place name set up: , county, state, country [where I don't actually use the word 'county' after the county name] Then, when I go to generate a report and I leave off the leading commas, how do I know that the first word is the name of the county and not the name of a city? Or *I* may know this type of naming convention but if I give a report to someone not familiar with this, how would this not confuse them? Thanks for your help, Julia From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:31:25 +0000 Julia, You are doing nothing wrong, Legacy does as it says on the tin – only removes leading commas. BTW. there’s no ‘should’ about the format, unless you wish to be tied to the four-field location convention - the choice is yours. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: julia l Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 5:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Locations Thanks Bobby, that works when it's a leading comma(s), but doesn't seem to take them out when it is: city, , state, usa What am I doing wrong? julia From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Locations Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:03:12 -0500 In those reports that include locations, you have the option to remove leading commas. Go to Reports>Report Options>format. Check or uncheck “Remove leading commas”. Bobby From: julia l [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 11:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Locations thank you Michele & Russ. Will it always print like that (with all the commas in reports (or is there a way to turn empty place fields off--I haven't searched for that yet)? Julia From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:21:37 -0500 Julia, Yes you are correct if you are “Standardizing” the locations. Russ From: julia l Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Locations What if I don't know the city but do know the county state, should I enter it like this? , county name, state, usa Or if I don't know the city and county, should I always enter like this? , , state, usa 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 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
