This article explains how to standardize the street names and city names in your database.

  From the desktop application

From the Home tab click on the Street or Cities menu:

1. In the From column enter the street/city name that you wish to replace
2. In the To column enter the street/city name that you wish to replace with 
   • If you wish to replace only one letter, for example the letter é for e
     • Enter é in the From field and e in the To field.
       • Result: Vérendrye would become Verendrye
   • You may use wildcards, for example if you wish to have all the different spellings of Saint-Laurent BLVD
     • Enter *S*t?Laurent* in the From field  and Saint-Laurent BLVD in the To field
       • Result: the following spelling would be changed to Saint-Laurent BLVD
         • St-Laurent Boul
         • Boul Saint Laurent
         • St-Laurent
         • Saint Laurent
3. Click the Replace button

Notes

• The number under the menu name indicates how many street names or cities match your criteria.
• The Hide zero totals check box, displays only the lines that exist in the database
• You may click the X button on the left side to remove a line
• If you are using the web application, the changes are applied automatically to the web application (no need to sync)

Related articles

• What are wildcards?

  From the web application

Not yet available

Applies to version 6.0.9 or later

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