This is slower that Ron's, but may make you feel safer. Go to the Master Location List; Sort them on whatever column needs help. Find the first to change. example ' <somewhere>, Sa, Aust' change to 'South Australia, Australia'. use Ctrk-C on the choice, and carry it individually to each 'wrong' one with Ctrl-V. You can also 'Combine the highlighted location with another one in the list'. With this you can combine a bunch at the same time using Shift and Ctrl to highlight non consecutive multiples at once. When you change locations in the main screen, it only changes at that place only, but in the master list it changes all. Hope this helps. Rich in LA CA --- Dave Naylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 4 Nov 2007 PCDC wrote: > > > Is there a way to open up the Master Location > database and apply bulk > > changes to it by using like a Find & Replace > function? > > Sure! Use Legacy's Search > Search and Replace > function. > > > the majority of locations I have for 'South > Australia' are mostly > > recorded as ' <somewhere>, Sa, Aust' and I wish to > change all of these > > Master Location Entries to ' <somewhere>, South > Australia, Australia'. > > For that example set Find where: to > "Lists-Location". Find what: > would be best as "Sa, Aust". Replacement text: > "South Australia, > Australia". You'll probably also need to set "Find > whole word only" > as otherwise it would change any "Sa. Australia" > into "South > Australia, Australiaralia". Set "Ends with" (or > "Anywhere in > field"), and set "Replace only found text with > replacement text". If > you have the same case for all entries then also set > "Match case". > > One *very*important* action . . . make a backup of > your family file > before making any changes like this (and test it to > ensure that it is > a good/viable backup). If something goes awry -- > and at some time it > will -- you can easily revert to the backup and try > again. Also > realise that sometimes what went awry may not be > noticed at first, so > keep the backup. > > Good luck. > > Cheers, -- Dave N. > -- > David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. > --- > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
