The preposition file is not being copied from Legacy version 7.5 when updating to version 8.x. If you have made changes to it in version 7, you will want to copy that file into the new place where it is stored on Legacy 8 which is "C:\Users\username\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\Misc\Preposition_English.lst" where "username" is the name of your Windows login account. If you are still on Windows XP then instead of "Users" it will have "Documents and Settings".
Help>Help Index>Search>Preposition>Prepositions on Locations provides some documentation on this feature. I added "Prob " and "Probably " to the list of prepositions because they work similar to the other entries in the file when viewing the Master Locations List. (Note the trailing space) Note that each preposition should have a space after it. The line for "Under " actually contains 2 spaces after it in the file installed by Legacy 8 and therefore that preposition will not work as expected unless it is found in the Master Locations List with 2 spaces after it. Each preposition including trailing spaces must be an exact match to be detected by the "Remove common prepositions from locations" function in the Sort Location List. The Help button on that tool also describes how prepositions affect the display of locations. A couple of other prepositions that I added to the list are "Of , " and "Of, " (Note the included comma and the trailing space). There are likely other prepositions that you may wish to customize. The sort routine takes into account any exact match of these prepositions and sorts the locations as though the preposition was not present but then appends the preposition to the end of the sorted location when it is displayed. This results in all locations with the same spelling being displayed together. Ron Taylor 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
