Ann, You can customise the short version for any / all of your locations. Only thing is, as you add new locations you have to periodically go in and change the short name for any new ones you've added. Easy to do though. And you can elect to see the short location names on the individual screen. Any locations where the short name is different to the long one will show the short name - if you haven't actually made any changes to the long name it will show the long name. (By default the short name is the same as the long name.)
Let's see if I can get the process right! Go to View > Master Lists > Location Click on a location name Click on Edit You will see the long name and beneath it the short name Make any changes here for individual locations. If you want to make global changes - e.g. all Queensland to QLD the process is a little different. Go to Search > Search and Replace Find where - lists - location short Find what - (e.g.) Queensland Replacement Text - (e.g.) QLD Make appropriate selections in the How to Find box and the How to replace box. Click START You get the option to change all occurrences automatically, or to do them one at a time to avoid unintentional changes. Cheers Jan (also in AUS) -----Original Message----- From: Ann Pickett [mailto:a...@rpinfotech.net] Sent: Sunday, 14 March 2010 13:44 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations, addresses and events Thanks also to Jennifer -- I certainly see your point (Queensland instead of QLD etc.) but I prefer to see the shorter version on the Family screen so, unless there's a way of seeing the short version for Australia and the long version for the rest of the world, I'll stick to what I have. I can easily change with search & replace if I have to. Regards, Ann for Australia Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
