Answers.Body: <p>In Administer > Localization > Address Settings, you can change the mailing label format to use <code>{contact.state_province_name}</code> instead of <code>{contact.state_province}</code>.</p>
  
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  <p>It is not currently ready, but the localization (translation) system of CiviCRM does have support to define better defaults based on the locale. Work is being tracked in: <a href="https://lab.civicrm.org/development-team/translations/issues/1" rel="noreferrer">https://lab.civicrm.org/development-team/translations/issues/1</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>Appreciate it's a US-bias, but can't find a way to stop the abbreviation of County, eg Essex becomes ESS.</p>
  
  <p>What have I missed?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Can you provide examples of where you are seeing this?
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Tags: <addresses>
Title: Show full county name rather than the abbreviated form
ThreadText: # Show full county name rather than the abbreviated form
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-07-25)
  
  Appreciate it's a US-bias, but can't find a way to stop the abbreviation of County, eg Essex becomes ESS.
  
  What have I missed?
  
  **Tags:** addresses
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Can you provide examples of where you are seeing this?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-07-25. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
  
  In Administer > Localization > Address Settings, you can change the mailing label format to use `{contact.state_province_name}` instead of `{contact.state_province}`.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/SO9Oz.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/SO9Oz.jpg)
  
  It is not currently ready, but the localization (translation) system of CiviCRM does have support to define better defaults based on the locale. Work is being tracked in: <https://lab.civicrm.org/development-team/translations/issues/1>
  
  
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