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1 <h2>Adding Taxa to your Taxonomic Tree the quick way</h2>
2
3 <p>Once you have created your first Classification, you can add taxa to
4 build up your database according to your taxonomic treatment. You add
5 taxa to your classification by creating a new taxon linked to both the
6 classification and a parent taxon if appropriate. The following
7 description is the quickest way to add a new taxon to your tree:</p>
8
9 <p>Point the mouse arrow at the Classification or the intended parent
10 taxon of your new taxon. As you hover over the entries in the Taxon
11 Navigator panel they will become highlighted and a hand icon will
12 appear.</p>
13
14 <ol>
15 <li>Click the right mouse button; a drop-down menu will appear.</li>
16 <li>
17 Point the mouse at the
18 <strong>New </strong>
19 option; a drop-down menu will appear.
20 </li>
21 <li>
22 Click
23 <strong>Taxon</strong>
24 :
25 <p>
26 <img src="" alt="" />
27 </p>
28 </li>
29 <li>Enter the name of the taxon, including authorship if you wish.</li>
30 <li>
31 Click the
32 <strong>Finish</strong>
33 button or press the
34 <strong>Return</strong>
35 button on the keyboard:
36 </li>
37 </ol>
38
39 <p>
40 <img src="" alt="" />
41 The new taxon record will appear in the Taxon Navigator panel and is
42 saved automatically:
43 </p>
44
45 <p>
46 You can continue to add new taxa to any node in the classification in
47 this way in order to build up your taxonomic treatment. To create and
48 manage synonyms and other relationships, see
49 <a href="">Managing Taxonomic Relationships</a>.
50 .
51 </p>
52
53 <p>
54 If you want to open the taxon record to view the parsing status of the
55 information you have input (see
56 <a href="">Parsing Status Feedback</a>
57 ) or add to or edit the record (see the following section), simply
58 double-click the taxon name in the
59 <strong>Taxon Navigator</strong>
60 panel.
61 </p>