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    1. Re: [TMG] Location Variables
    2. Terry Reigel
    3. On 1/19/2018 4:42 PM, Brian Gross wrote: > The location variables [L4], [LCN] and [COUNTY] all provide whatever's in the [L4] variable (that might not be a "county," depending on whatever place style has been used. > > Is there any advantage to using one or the other of these variables? In other words "John lived in [L3]." vs "John lived in [LCI]." or "John lived in [CITY]." > > This all came up after I messed with some place styles and replaced the "County" label with "Parish". I realized that the variables [LCI] or [COUNTY] were a little confusing if what was in [L4] was actually a Parish. > > Would anyone like to share their own practices? Brian, I use only the [L2], [L3], etc. variables exclusively. I often use them in Memos and custom Sentences in Tags and and find it easy to remember which is which by referring to the place fields in the Tag Entry Screen - the first field is [L1], the second [L2], etc. Terry Reigel

    01/19/2018 01:01:58