Thanks for the info, Jim. However, I have re-read the Exclude information help topic a couple of times, and I think it could be made clearer. I see under the main paragraph "NOTE: Exclusion markers cannot be used in Date fields." but there is no mention of other fields where they cannot be used that I can find under this topic. Under the section "Exclusion marker" in the third paragraph it says "This is an especially useful feature for charts, which have a limited space for place names", implying although not directly stating that exclusion markers can be used in place fields. I have used exclusion markers in the L1-L10 place fields successfully, so I presume they are supported there. I can work around the short place field issue, but I do think the help topic should be clarified as to the use of exclusion markers in place fields.
Thanks again -
Mark Johnson