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Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ *New* Insert Pictures Into your Web Pages - Blogs http://www.fergys.co.uk 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] Searching globally > Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:51:50 -0400 > > Ron, > > Where is this search/replace function? I don't see it. > > Mary > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald > ferguson > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 5:27 AM > To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Searching globally > > > Edward, > > I don't think that this can be done globally from within Legacy. It can be > changed in all the Location fields using Search>Search and > Replace>Lists-Location (there is also another for Lists-Location-Short) but > I'm afraid that you will have to repeat for each type of not etc. > > > Ron Ferguson > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > *New* Insert Pictures Into your Web Pages - Blogs > http://www.fergys.co.uk > 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/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:58:44 +1000 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Searching globally > > > I have recently become a "convert" to Legacy but am having trouble with > searching for a string of text globally (ie in several or all fields) > > The reason I want to do this is that I often use abbreviations when I enter > data (such as "Mcr" for "Manchester") and would then like to globally > replace all occurrences of the abbreviation with the full name WHEREVER IT > OCCURS (Notes, Places etc etc). > > I would be very grateful if someone could tell me how to do this. > > Many thanks > Edward > _________________________________________________________________ Win New York holidays with Kellogg’s & Live Search http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354033/direct/01/ 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
