Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-06 Thread Brian Kelly
5 April 2017 3:58 PM To: Legacy User Group<mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names Steve and Jennifer, Are you wanting a list of locations or a list of people associated with those locations? or both? Either way, you can get it easi

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-06 Thread Jennifer Hardess
tps://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: Cathy Pinner<mailto:genea...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, 5 April 2017 3:58 PM To: Legacy User Group<mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names Steve and Jennifer, Are you

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-04 Thread Cathy Pinner
*From: *Steve Hayes <mailto:hayes...@telkomsa.net> *Sent: *Wednesday, 5 April 2017 2:51 PM *To: *Legacy User Group <mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> *Subject: *Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names On 4 Apr 2017 at 17:56, Trevor Carlson wrote: > Works very well if

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-04 Thread Jennifer Hardess
51 PM To: Legacy User Group<mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names On 4 Apr 2017 at 17:56, Trevor Carlson wrote: > Works very well if you sort the list in reverse order - largest denomination > to smallest - which is what I do. It

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-04 Thread Steve Hayes
On 4 Apr 2017 at 17:56, Trevor Carlson wrote: > Works very well if you sort the list in reverse order - largest denomination > to smallest - which is what I do. It even allows for a 5th field which I > sometimes use (Ward in a city). If I need to search for a particular city, but > don't know exac

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-04 Thread Cathy Pinner
yusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Sherry *Sent:* 4-Apr-17 8:49 AM *To:* Legacy User Group *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names The Master Location List doesn't do well with no leading commas. You can't sort correctly if you select a custom sort and the Expand/Contract Loca

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-04 Thread Trevor Carlson
yUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Sherry Sent: 4-Apr-17 8:49 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names The Master Location List doesn't do well with no leading commas. You can't sort correctly if you select a custom sort and

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-04 Thread Sherry
The Master Location List doesn't do well with no leading commas. You can't sort correctly if you select a custom sort and the Expand/Contract Location Parts (under Options) won't work correctly. Sherry On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Steve Hayes wrote: > > There is no option to "remove" it, th

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-04 Thread Jennifer Hardess
day, 4 April 2017 4:05 PM To: 'Legacy User Group'<mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names Yes sometimes it seems a little bit overdoing it when writing out a long description, i.e. Ashland Township, Ashland County, Ohio.

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-03 Thread Brian Lightfoot
Trevor Carlson Sent: Monday, April 3, 2017 5:59 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names Brian, I do much like you do. Long place description is fully written, but I use abbreviations in the short descriptions. I also have an example like

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-03 Thread Trevor Carlson
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Brian Lightfoot Sent: 2-Apr-17 6:31 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names I started adding the additional word “County” to all my county descriptors, r

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-02 Thread Kris
In the beginning I tried to follow the empty comma standard, four places, and no designations as regards township, county, etc. But it wasn't useful and I found myself going back later and not knowing exactly what the location was supposed to be -- having to look it up again. Now, I put thos

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-02 Thread Steve Hayes
On 3 Apr 2017 at 0:42, Ian Thomas wrote: > It would be helpful to know the ways that location "descriptions" are used in > a number of countries. The UK and USA examples/preferences are commonly given > but other European and N/S American would be of interest to me. I noticed a > distinct way that

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-02 Thread Ian Thomas
7;origine- De : LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] De la part de Leonard J. McCown Envoyé : 2 avril 2017 17:49 À : 'Legacy User Group' Objet : Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names Years ago I learned to leave a space for a place that was missing, to

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-02 Thread Brian Lightfoot
: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names I add "County" only when I don't know the city. , King county, Washington, United States Seattle, King, Washington, United States. Although I can understand how confusing it might be if the city and

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-02 Thread Steve Hayes
On 2 Apr 2017 at 17:49, Leonard J. McCown wrote: > Years ago I learned to leave a space for a place that was > missing, to mark its place, and also to tell the person that > it is a town, village, etc., and the next is the county (at > least in the USA). I have continued that, but have started a >

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-02 Thread Gmail
rs.com] De la part de Leonard J. McCown Envoyé : 2 avril 2017 17:49 À : 'Legacy User Group' Objet : Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names Years ago I learned to leave a space for a place that was missing, to mark its place, and also to tell the person that it is a town, village

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-02 Thread Sherry
I add "County" only when I don't know the city. , King county, Washington, United States Seattle, King, Washington, United States. Although I can understand how confusing it might be if the city and county are the same. Plus I'm not a fan of abbreviations so I spell "county" out. There might be

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-02 Thread Leonard J. McCown
Years ago I learned to leave a space for a place that was missing, to mark its place, and also to tell the person that it is a town, village, etc., and the next is the county (at least in the USA). I have continued that, but have started a no-no also, by adding Co. to the county so it is clear. Too

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-02 Thread Wendy Howard
You need to decide for yourself if you are going to conform to the four-field convention for locations, or not. There are good arguments for both. I'm a non-conformist in this regard. I use as many commas as are needed to record the place I have at hand at the time, and I don't use commas t

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-01 Thread Lynn Bernhard via LegacyUserGroup
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Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-01 Thread Steve Hayes
On 2 Apr 2017 at 1:27, Jennifer Hardess wrote: > I am trying to tidy up my locations / place name list. I notice that if I only > have 2 or 3 names in a sequence e.g. London, England or Horsham, Victoria, > Australia I end up with a comma or two before the place in the master location > list. I ha

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

2017-04-01 Thread Jennifer Hardess
I am trying to tidy up my locations / place name list. I notice that if I only have 2 or 3 names in a sequence e.g. London, England or Horsham, Victoria, Australia I end up with a comma or two before the place in the master location list. I have my Master location list starting with the Country