Jane, I ALWAYS enter my locations with city, county, state so my example may not work as well for you but I used 'Search and Replace' to add USA to the end of a particular state and it worked perfectly. Since there are only 50 states, it wouldn't take but a few minutes to add USA to the end of each state. Plus, it is unlikely you have entries for all 50 states so it should go even faster! :-)
We can't attach images to the list or I'd attach a screen shot of the Search and Replace Window so you could see the settings but the following will hopefully describe what I did once the 'Search and Replace' window was open: Open 'Search and Replace' Find Where: Lists-Location Find What: Arkansas Replacement text: Arkansas, USA How to Find: Find whole word only .......... ... is ticked Match case ........................ is ticked Anywhere in field .................. is ticked How to Replace: Replace only found text with replacement text ......... is ticked -------------------------------------------- Another easy way to help in cleaning up your location list is to 'combine' locations where appropriate. That can be quicker and easier than editing each location. Just be certain both locations are/should be IDENTICAL except for spelling. >From the Menu Bar, Go to: View> Master Lists> Location Yell Co, Ark Yell CO, AR Yell County, Arkansas All three instances could be combined to use Yell County, Arkansas. Of course, you can only combine one into one other location with each instance, but in the example I showed, it could be done by using Combine two times in order to reach the desired result. Very simple to do. Just be CERTAIN the locations are identical. In my example, I would HIGHLIGHT Yell County, Ark in my location list, then click on 'Combine' then I'd locate and HIGHLIGHT Yell County, Arkansas and click on 'Combine With' and everywhere Yell County, Ark was used in my database would now be Yell County, Arkansas. Next I would go to Yell CO, AR in my location list, highlight it and follow the same instructions. In a matter of seconds, all Yell County, Arkansas locations are spelled the way I want them to be spelled. Not every version of a location can be handled this way, but for those that qualify, it is a quick and clean process. -----Original Message----- From: Jane Sarles [mailto:sarlesinsi...@gmail.com] I don't suppose there is a short cut to adding "USA" to location entries? Jane Sarles 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
