# Turning off country in place names

**URL:** <https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/turning-off-country-in-place-names/14867>\
**Category:** RootsMagic\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [October 8, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/turning-off-country-in-place-names/14867 "2025-10-08T21:29:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rzamor1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/rzamor1/32/8_2.png) [@rzamor1](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/rzamor1)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/turning-off-country-in-place-names/14867/21 "2025-10-20T22:23:31Z")

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If you want the Abbreviated place name to appear in the narrative reports change the Fact Type sentence templates. Change \< [Place]\> to \< [Place:Abbrev]\> or \< [Place:Short]\>. It will effect all usage of that fact type.

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**Author:** ![MadDog](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/maddog/32/313_2.png) [@MadDog](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/MadDog)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/turning-off-country-in-place-names/14867/22 "2025-10-21T03:41:14Z")

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Yes but that could be several Facts to change then change back to print in other reports where you don’t want to Abbreviated used.

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