Hi Coach:
Another great reason for using full spelling of all locations. Just my
thoughts.
Charles W. Aubin
Carson and Betty Turner wrote:
>
> Be careful here. Unless all of the data is your own, you may find that many
> folks don't know the right abbreviations for the states. I've found such
> things as "St. Louis, MI" for instance when it should be "St Louis, MO" --
> many instances of "MA" for Maine and "MI" for Mississippi, Michigan,
> Missouri, and Minnesota.
>
> I try to maintain my locations fully spelled out as in "Charlotte,
> Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA" only abbreviating "USA" and
> beginning to consider changing that too.
>
> CoachT
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Liz
> Ault
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 8:02 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [LegacyUG] Search/Replace States
>
> I have rethought my place stuff. Now I need to know, how can I search and
> replace in the master location list a state abbreviation with the full
> state: examples - Nebr. to Nebraska, NY to New York, W. Va. to West
> Virginia?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Liz
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