Sherry, if your list does not sort correctly when sorted right to left, then it is because you did not include the country when you entered "Scottsdale, AZ."
Left to Right : Coventry, Warwickshire, England Coventry Castle, Warwickshire, England Coventry Priory, Warwickshire, England Callowden Manor, Coventry, Warwickshire England Chillesmore (Chaylesmore) Manor, Coventry, Warwickshire, England Coombe Abbey, Coventry, Warwickshire, England Greyfriars, Coventry, Warwickshire, England St. Michael's, Coventry, Warwickshire, England White Friars, Coventry, Warwickshire, England Right to Left: England, Warwickshire, Coventry, England, Warwickshire, Coventry Castle, England, Warwickshire, Coventry Priory, England, Warwickshire, Coventry, Callowden Manor England, Warwickshire, Coventry, Chillesmore (Chaylesmore) Manor England, Warwickshire, Coventry, Coombe Abbey England, Warwickshire, Coventry, Greyfriars England, Warwickshire, Coventry, St. Michael's England, Warwickshire, Coventry, White Friars Easy-peasy! CE From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 07:07:28 -0800 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event To: [email protected] Ron, If you don't have the four places or the locations aren't entered consistently, then the list is not sorted correctly. I can't send a screen shot to the list, but "Victoria, Australia" is not sorted with the other countries - it's sorted up by "Scottsdale, AZ" (my locations are in a jumble in my test file and not always formatted correctly for testing all sorts of scenarios) and completely out of sequence with the other Australia locations which have been created with three elements (Albert Park, Victoria, Australia is one) Consistency is important Now if I use Expand/Contract Location Parts to shorten Australia to AUS (for the Short Location Name), then it's not going to find *any* of them because Legacy's not recognizing Australia as being in the country field. Adding a comma wherever you're missing one of the governmental jurisdictions does work. Like I said, if you never use that feature, then it's a moot point. I use it all the time.... Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 6:21 AM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: James, May I correct one oft repeated fallacy, that is that locations only sort correctly if a "standard" format is followed. Wrong, wrong, wrong!!! Legacy allows locations to be sorted from right to left, ie. Country>Cemetery, much more sensible than sorting from left to right. Provided one's locations are written from lowest to highest they will *always* sort correctly if right to left is set - at least for Western locations. Ron Ferguson 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
