How to enter new British address format?

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How to enter new British address format?

The format for British addresses in Address Book is:

Street
City
County
Postcode
Country

But I have addresses like this:

House name
Street
Area
City
Postcode
Country

e.g.

"Dunroamin"
123 Any St
Ealing
LONDON
XY12 3Z

I don't mind having an extra County field in, but how can I add the house name and area?

Mac Mini, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Dec 2, 2008 4:36 PM

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Answer 1

Mulder

Level 6

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Dec 2, 2008 7:40 PM in response to Spectacled Bear

All you need to do for a UK address is click and hold the small downward-pointing arrow for the address field, choose "Change Address Format" from the fly-out menu, then scroll down the list and select United Kingdom. The address (home, work, or other) will now be in the proper format, even if you don't need to use all the fields (like if you were sending a letter to Buckingham Palace).

Mulder

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Answer 2

Barney-15E

Level 10

122,246 points

Dec 3, 2008 4:56 AM in response to Spectacled Bear

I don't know about searches, but Royal Mail doesn't need the county if there is a valid post code. Your flat example still would have issues, though.
You might try providing feedback to Apple. I think the bottom line would be needing two lines for the house/street instead of the one.

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Answer 3

Mike LJ

Level 1

8 points

Dec 4, 2008 12:08 AM in response to Spectacled Bear

Exactly the same problem here - the UK address format should have at least 1 extra field to cater for House name/no, Street1, Street2, City, County, Postcode, (Country)
Have logged this as feedback

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Answer 4

Barney-15E

Level 10

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Dec 2, 2008 6:35 PM in response to Spectacled Bear

What if you put the house name in the street field with a return after it and before the numerical address? I wasn't aware that it mattered which one you used, the name or the number, as long as you used the post code.

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Answer 5

Dec 3, 2008 4:45 AM in response to Barney-15E

Putting a return in the street field works for Address Book, but means it won't sync with my phone any more.

It's true that the name and number are not both needed, but in something like "Flat 99, 123 Any Street", both the flat number and house number are essential. I can always make it one long line.

The harder problem is how to get a locality or area field in between the street address and the city. This isn't just a whim of mine - there are many addresses where the official postal address, as dictated by the Royal Mail, includes an area. The only thing I can think of at the moment is to use the City field for the area and the County field for the city. Not ideal.

Thanks for the suggestion, though!

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Answer 6

Dec 3, 2008 4:47 AM in response to Mulder

Thanks for the idea, but all my addresses are in UK format already. It's Apple's idea of what a UK address looks like that isn't right. Many addresses need an extra field between Street and City. As noted above, I could reuse City for the area and County for the city; would that confuse other applications, or searches, I wonder?

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Answer 7

Dec 3, 2008 4:10 PM in response to Barney-15E

I'll send it in as feedback, then.
Thanks!

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