The exceptions table alters address input fields to enhance Finalist's coding ability. According to the rules you specify, the exceptions table modifies addresses that may be rejected so that the addresses match addresses found in the Finalist Data File. One potential use would be to look for commonly misspelled streets or city names on input and replace the misspelled name with the corrected name. These changes do not affect your input data. Be careful when making exceptions table entries. An exceptions table entry affects all records that meet the selection criteria. Again, the exceptions table does not change the input data, but rather the data that Finalist processes.