On 9/7/2015 4:11 PM, John Cordes via wrote: > I have used split Memos, though rarely. I was just > wondering if there might be some practical way of > eliminating the appearance of the L6 [COUNTRY] place level > field in certain circumstances. So far it appears there is > none. The requirement that the entire set of place level > field entries be a perfect match, in order for the Short > Place Format to kick in, is understandable, but a killer > for me. John, That's one of the reasons I don't use the Short Place option. The other is I don't think it produces output that reads well anyway. Instead I edit each tag depending on the other tags surrounding it. So I exclude place levels (not necessarily the highest ranking ones) either by omitting them from the tag or using level-specific place variables. I most commonly do this with the variables in the Memo field rather than in the Sentence. I suspect this practice raises havoc with the place index, which is one reason I don't use it. Terry Reigel

On Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 04:25:28PM -0400, Terry Reigel via wrote: > On 9/7/2015 4:11 PM, John Cordes via wrote: > > I have used split Memos, though rarely. I was just > > wondering if there might be some practical way of > > eliminating the appearance of the L6 [COUNTRY] place level > > field in certain circumstances. So far it appears there is > > none. The requirement that the entire set of place level > > field entries be a perfect match, in order for the Short > > Place Format to kick in, is understandable, but a killer > > for me. > John, > > That's one of the reasons I don't use the Short Place option. The other > is I don't think it produces output that reads well anyway. Instead I > edit each tag depending on the other tags surrounding it. So I exclude > place levels (not necessarily the highest ranking ones) either by > omitting them from the tag or using level-specific place variables. I > most commonly do this with the variables in the Memo field rather than > in the Sentence. > > I suspect this practice raises havoc with the place index, which is one > reason I don't use it. Terry, This enquiry was started because of a recently resumed interest on my part in improving the mess which was (and is!) my place index. A lot of the problems are due to an old import of data from my sister-in-law (from an FTM file), but some of it, such as these excluded [Detail] fields, is of my own making. Of course even if those fields were not excluded the Short Place Format option still wouldn't come into play. I'll have to give serious thought to your approach. I'm not instantly coming to grips with 'using level-specific place variables' -- could you please elaborate on that a wee bit? Thanks, John Cordes