The only locations that will be acted on for the United States must have city, county, state and must be correctly spelled or abbreviated for the state name. So, it has to have 3 parts like ", Guilford, NC" (notice the leading comma that indicates place-holder for the missing city. Ron
--- On Thu, 3/22/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Pesky location list To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, March 22, 2012, 12:38 PM Ron, It adds "United States" to some of the entries. Some, such as Guilford Co., NC or , , , Alabama or , , Fluvanna County, Virginia, it does nothing at all. I have the configuration: Action to take = expand large location and expand short location Records to change -= all locations in list Parts to work on + USA state names Add United States is checked. When asked if I would like to preview changes, I check it and get error 53. Jane On , Ron Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Even easier, use the Options>Expand/Contract Location Parts and then check > the box to Add ", United States". That will automatically put it on all > appropriate location entries. Likewise, you could Add ", USA" or Remove > either of them from the entire master list. > > Try it...you'll like it. > Ron Taylor > > --- On Thu, 3/22/12, Ron Ferguson [email protected]> wrote: > > From: Ron Ferguson [email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Pesky location list > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, March 22, 2012, 10:48 AM > > > > > > > > Jane, > > > > If I am understanding you correctly why don’t you > just copy the two words and use ctrl+v? > > > > Ron Ferguson > > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 4:32 PM > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [LegacyUG] Pesky location list > > > > > > > Still > trying to get my location Master List as Legacy recommends. Looks like I must > manually change each and every one to get it done. > > What I wonder is - is > there any sort of macro feature in Legacy? By this I mean, can I type in > "United > States" and link it to a function key, so that when I wish those two words to > be > input, I can do it by means of a short cut? > > Jane S. > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > 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
