OK, when I changed the "How to find" to what you suggested, it worked. Thanks for your clear instructions. I think the problem is the "place holder" situation in the state expansion problem.
Jane On , Sherry/Support <she...@legacyfamilytree.com> wrote: > Did you see my message with the instructions for Search & Replace to > replace the "co." with "County"? > You want to make sure you have "Anywhere in field" under "How to find" > and under "How to Replace" select "Replace only found text with > replacement text" > Also, the Expand/Contract won't work if you don't have all your > locations formatted correctly with the commas for place holders. This > is a good exercise to see how well your formatting's been done > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:37 AM, sarlesinsi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I tried the "Find and replace on the "Search" menu. I put in what > seemed to > > me to be what I wanted to do - replace whole word text "Co." with > > County..... The result was 0 replacements. Just didn't seem to work. > > > > I also did the "Expand/ contract location parts, and it appeared to do > some, > > but not all. Perhaps I have my place-holders wrong in which case i will > > still have to go back and change each manually. Bummer. > > > > Jane > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
