Many people do it this way for the reasons you say... Purvis, Lamar Co, Mississippi, USA
(Legacy recognizes the 2nd field as the county no matter if you put Lamar, Lamar Co, or Lamar County. ******ALSO******** You can use the short location field in the master location list. You can tell it that Purvis, Lamar, Mississippi, USA should always print as Purvis, Lamar Co, MS I take big advantage of the short location names. This is a great way to get your reports to print out nicely. michele From: julia l Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 1:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Locations 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1411 / Virus Database: 2092/4026 - Release Date: 11/19/11 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
