Thanks Sherry! --Jerry On 02/17/2012 05:01 PM, Sherry/Support wrote: > Union of South Africa??? > > I just don't like abbreviations because they're so easily misinterpreted. > > This honestly happened (I was there when I worked in medical > records)... a patient was reviewing his chart and got really irate > because the doctor noted SOB in the chart. Of course, you know what > the patient thought but the doctor meant "Short of Breath"<g> > > Be careful - be *really* careful - when you use abbreviations! > > The LDS church now prefers "United States" for the country name > > In the Master Locaiton List window go to Optons and click on > Expand/Contract Location Parts to change them within the Master > Location List - of course this only works if you have your locations > properly formatted...... > > The > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Jerry<jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Are there any cons to using the abbreviation USA instead of United >> States? I could do a global replace, I guess, but I started using USA >> because I thought it was now internationally recognized. I always use >> Co for County and I do not abbreviate States or Provinces either. --Jerry > > 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 > >
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