Michele, I may be misunderstanding you, but I take it that you mean when entering an address into a Residence Event, or Birth, Death etc. you would like the to be able to enter the short version at the same time. If so, yes you can.
At the end of the field where you enter the location there is a blue down arrow, click on this and it takes you to that entry in the Master Location List then click Edit which shows both the long and short version as you accurately describe. You can then just edit the Short Location. Once this is done the same Short Location will be used for each entry of the Long Location. As far as I know there is no way of automating the full process - how would the PC know what you wanted to put there in the first place? Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://www.fergys.co.uk *New Blog* Protect Your PC View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adding new locations on the fly > Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 20:09:19 -0500 > > I was afraid I wasn't explaining this very well... Ok, let's start over. > > If you go to the Master Locations you can put in a long version as well as a > short version. Then, when you are doing reports you tell Legacy to use the > short version of the locations. Here is an example of a long and a short as > seen in Master Locations: > > Purvis, Lamar County, Mississippi, USA > Purvis, Lamar Co, MS (this is the version that will be used in reports. I > can this on and off in the reports depending on what I am trying to do) > > If I am adding a NEW location AND I am NOT adding it in the Master Locations > box, then the program will not automatically fill in a short form for me in > the Master Location box. > > Let's say I found a person's burial location and on the family view screen I > type in Enon, Perry County, Mississippi, USA then when I go to the Master > Location list this is what I will see... > > Long: Enon, Perry County, Mississippi, USA > Short: Enon, Perry County, Mississippi, USA > > I have to go in manually on each location to change the short location to > what I what. > > What I am asking is there anyway for the program to pop up a box or > something when I am adding a NEW location where it will let me add both the > long and the short version at the same time so that I don't have to go into > the Master Location List seperately and fix it. > > michele > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JLB" > To: > Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 7:59 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adding new locations on the fly > > >> The question is do you want to use them both but for different reasons? >> It's not clear what you want. If your Master Location List says "Purvis, >> Lamar Co, MS" then you won't get "Purvis, Lamar County, Mississippi, USA" >> on the autofill. >> >> JLB >> http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/ >> >> Michele Lewis wrote: >>> Is there any way to add a new location AND the short location on the fly? >>> Or is there some way to tell the program what you want the short location >>> to be? >>> >>> If I add Purvis, Lamar County, Mississippi, USA while I am adding data >>> to someone's family view I am then having to go into the Master Locations >>> to also put in Purvis, Lamar Co, MS >>> >>> Sometimes I forget to do both steps and then my Master locations get a >>> little messy. It takes quite a bit of time to check them one by one to >>> make sure I didn't miss any. >>> >>> Or, must I do this in two steps and there is no other way to do it all at >>> one time? >>> >>> michele _________________________________________________________________ Celeb spotting – Play CelebMashup and win cool prizes https://www.celebmashup.com Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
