Dennis Kowallek wrote: > On Tue, 4 Jul 2006 16:06:35 -0700 (PDT), Deb Wetlaufer > <debi@wetlaufer.com> wrote: > > >> Port Rowan, Walsingham Township, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada >> >> How should I log the "Walsingham Township" piece without throwing off the appropriate formatting? Is there another field I can log this in? >> > > It depends on what you want to happen with this extra information. Do > you want it to appear in reports? Or do you just want it for your own > information? If you want it for your own information, you could just use > the Location Notes field. > > If you want it to appear in reports... > > What's wrong with Port Rowan, Walsingham Township, Norfolk, Ontario, > Canada? Legacy can handle locations with up to 9 parts. But you may want > to add a placeholder comma to all your other location names to make > sorting on the Master Location List work correctly. Such as... > > Cincinnati, , Hamilton, Ohio, USA > > This could be a lot of work depending on how many master locations you > have. > > Or you could just put it in the Short Location Name for those locations > that have a 5th part. Then use the Short Location name in your reports. > > Choose wisely! > > Legacy gives us a great feature for keeping place names together, regardless of the number of place name elements. We can choose to show place names sorted from last to first. If you choose this option, you can have something that looks like the following: USA, Ohio, Hamilton, Cincinnati USA, Ohio, Hamilton, Cincinnati, xyz Cemetery USA, Ohio, Hamilton, Cincinnati, xyz Cemetery, Plott 291 USA, Ohio, Hamilton, Cincinnati, xyz Cemetery, Plott 291, Quadrant 16 So, you can see that the number of place name elements does not need to be a fixed format to work well. Jim