RootsMagic 8:Place Details List - Revision history

Renee: /* Editing a Place Detail */

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Editing a Place Detail

Renee at 18:14, 7 September 2021

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Renee: /* Place Detail Options */

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Place Detail Options

Renee at 18:06, 7 September 2021

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Bruce at 03:18, 2 September 2021

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Bruce at 03:09, 2 September 2021

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Bruce at 01:23, 2 September 2021

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Renee at 05:07, 28 August 2021

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Terri at 19:30, 10 June 2021

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Renee: Created page with "Navigation: RootsMagic 8 > Working With Places > ---- Add Text"

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Navigation: [[RootsMagic_8:RootsMagic_8|RootsMagic 8]] > [[RootsMagic_8:Working_With_Places|Working With Places]] >

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 '''You can edit the following information for each place detail:'''
 *'''Name''' - The name of the place detail
-*'''Standardized''' – You can enter a standardized version of the place detail if there is one
+*'''Standard''' – You can enter a standardized version of the place detail if there is one
-*'''Abbreviated place name''' – You can enter an abbreviated place detail.
+*'''Abbrev''' – You can enter an abbreviated place detail.
 *'''Latitude and Longitude''' – You can enter a latitude and longitude for the place detail.  When using Mapping, RootsMagic will use this lat/long (if it exists) rather than the more general lat/long for the place.

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 To view the list of all the place details for a place, select the Places page from the left side of the screen, then click the place details count for the desired place.
-[[File:RM8_Places-PlaceDetails.jpg|1000px|Place Details]]
+[[File:RM8_Places-PlaceDetails-1.jpg|Place Details]]
 The left side contains a list of all the place details you have entered for the place. The list will also display the latitude, longitude, and the number of events in that place detail.  While a "place" is usually a city, county, state, country type of location, place details are more specific, like a street address, hospital, or cemetery in the place.

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 ==Place Detail Options==
-The 3 dot Options menu on the Place list offers the following options:
+The 3 dot Options menu on the Place details list offers the following options:
 *'''Merge place details''' - When you have two place details you want to merge together (perhaps different spellings or duplicates), highlight the place detail you want to keep, then click the "Merge" button. You can then select any duplicates and click the Merge button to merge the duplicate place details into the selected one.

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 To view the list of all the place details for a place, select the Places page from the left side of the screen, then click the place details count for the desired place.
+[[File:RM8_Places-PlaceDetails.jpg|1000px|Place Details]]
 The left side contains a list of all the place details you have entered for the place. The list will also display the latitude, longitude, and the number of events in that place detail.  While a "place" is usually a city, county, state, country type of location, place details are more specific, like a street address, hospital, or cemetery in the place.

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+To view the list of all the place details for a place, select the Places page from the left side of the screen, then click the place details count for the desired place.
 [[File:RM8_Places-PlaceDetails.jpg|Place Details]]
-The left side contains a list of all the places you have entered in your file.  The list will also display the latitude, longitude, and the number of place details in that place.  While a "place" is usually a city, county, state, country type of location, place details are more specific, like a street address, hospital, or cemetery in the place.
+The left side contains a list of all the place details you have entered for the place. The list will also display the latitude, longitude, and the number of events in that place detail.  While a "place" is usually a city, county, state, country type of location, place details are more specific, like a street address, hospital, or cemetery in the place.
-==Adding a New Place==
+==Adding a New Place Detail==
-To add a new place on the Place List, click the + button above the list of places.  RootsMagic will allow you to enter the place to add to the list.  It isn't always necessary to add places from the place list. When you enter a place name into a place field on the Edit Person form, it is added automatically to the Place List if it isn't already there.
+To add a new place detail, click the + button above the place detail list.  RootsMagic will allow you to enter the place detail to add to the list.  It isn't always necessary to add place details from the place list. When you enter a place detail in the Edit Person form, it is added automatically to the Place Detail List for that place if it isn't already there.
-==Editing a Place==
+==Editing a Place Detail==
-To edit a place, highlight the place in the list and edit the details for the place in the live-edit panel on the right.
+To edit a place detail, highlight the place detail in the list and edit the information in the live-edit panel on the right.
-'''You can edit the following information for each place:'''
+'''You can edit the following information for each place detail:'''
-*'''Name''' - The name of the place, from specific to general.  For example: Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States
+*'''Name''' - The name of the place detail
-*'''Standardized place name''' – GeoCode will insert the standardized place name here when it finds a match, or you select a match. If you want to replace the original place with the standardized place, click the "Use standardized place" button.
+*'''Standardized''' – You can enter a standardized version of the place detail if there is one
-*'''Abbreviated place name''' – You can enter an abbreviated place name. The abbreviated place name can be called up by using the [place:short] field option to show the shortened version. You would add the :short field option in the Customize sentence field to subsequent uses of a place name after the first full-length place name is shown. (Since there is no automated application of the full-length verses :short field option, it is not advisable to apply this field option to the [place] field in all the fact type sentence templates or the role sentence templates.)
+*'''Abbreviated place name''' – You can enter an abbreviated place detail.
-*'''Latitude and Longitude''' – GeoCode inserts the values for latitude and longitude if they are empty (all 0s) when it finds a match, or you select a match. You can enter the latitude and longitude values for a place if you know them. Note: if latitude and longitude values are entered, GeoCode will not perform any further searches.
+*'''Latitude and Longitude''' – You can enter a latitude and longitude for the place detail.  When using Mapping, RootsMagic will use this lat/long (if it exists) rather than the more general lat/long for the place.
 '''You can also:'''
-*Click the edit the place note to enter a history of the place or other information relevant to the place.
+*Click the edit the place detail note to enter a history of the place detail or other information relevant to the place detail.
-*Click to open the Media list panel to see and edit all the media attached to the place
+*Click to open the Media list panel to see and edit all the media attached to the place detail
-*Click to open the Task list panel to see and edit all the tasks attached to the place
+*Click to open the Task list panel to see and edit all the tasks attached to the place detail
-*Click to open the Events panel to see all the facts where this place is used.
+*Click to open the Events panel to see all the facts where this place detail is used.
-*Click to open the WebTags panel to see and edit all the WebTags attached to the place
+*Click to open the WebTags panel to see and edit all the WebTags attached to the place detail
-==Deleting a Place==
+==Deleting a Place Detail==
-Highlight the place that you want to remove from the list, and click Delete. RootsMagic will ask if you are sure you want to delete the place. The place will be removed from all events where it is used.  If an event occurred in a place that you delete, the place field in that event will be blank.
+Highlight the place detail that you want to remove from the list, and click the trash can button. RootsMagic will ask if you are sure you want to delete the place detail. The place detail will be removed from all events where it is used.  If an event occurred at a place detail that you delete, the place detail field in that event will be blank.
-==Place List Options==
+==Place Detail Options==
 The 3 dot Options menu on the Place list offers the following options:
-*'''Reverse places''' - Display the list with place parts reversed.  For example, instead of a place being displayed and sorted like: Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States, it would be displayed and sorted as United States, New Mexico, Bernalillo, Albuquerque.  This has the advantage of grouping places in the list geographically.
+*'''Merge place details''' - When you have two place details you want to merge together (perhaps different spellings or duplicates), highlight the place detail you want to keep, then click the "Merge" button. You can then select any duplicates and click the Merge button to merge the duplicate place details into the selected one.

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 To view the list of all the places that have been entered into the program, select the Places page from the left side of the screen.
-[[File:RM8_Places-PlaceList.jpg|Place List]]
+[[File:RM8_Places-PlaceDetails.jpg|Place Details]]
 The left side contains a list of all the places you have entered in your file.  The list will also display the latitude, longitude, and the number of place details in that place.  While a "place" is usually a city, county, state, country type of location, place details are more specific, like a street address, hospital, or cemetery in the place.

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−	~~Add Text~~	+	You can open the Place Details list dialog by clicking the Place details list button (the crossed street names sign) next to place details fields in fact edit pane.
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		+	The Place details list offers the following options:
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		+	Edit – Highlight the place details entry that you want to make change to, and click Edit. After making the changes, click OK to accept the changes or Cancel to close the dialog without making changes. You can also enter the latitude and longitude of the place, as well as adding a place history or other comments about the place from the "Place note" button , or adding place specific images or other media via the "Place media" button.
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		+	Note: If you change a place details entry to match another one in the list, RootsMagic will not automatically merge the two place details entries together for you, as in the Place list edit dialog. There is no merge function or usage function for Place Details.
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		+	Delete – Highlight the place details entry that you want to remove from the list and click Delete. RootsMagic will ask if you are sure you want to delete the place details entry. If a place details entry that you delete was used in other places, the place field in those event will be blank.
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		+	Merge – When you have two place details you want to merge together (perhaps different spellings of the same place), highlight the place detail you want to keep, then click the "Merge" button. You can then select any duplicates and click the Merge button to merge the duplicate place details into the selected one.
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		+	Click Select to choose the place details entry, or click Cancel to close the Place details list without saving any changes.