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   1 <h2>Parts of the Taxonomic Editor</h2>
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   3 <p>This section gives a brief overview of the main sections of the Taxonomic Editor and some of the terminology you will need to be familiar with.</p>
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   5 <p>The first time you open the Taxonomic Editor you will see it is divided  into three columns with a tool bar (1) running across the top. Data entry and data navigation panels and tabs can be arranged as you wish within the workspace. The figure below shows the default panel and tabs layout for the taxonomic perspective (See section 4.2.3 Customising Views of the Taxonomic Editor page 40 for an explanation of perspectives).</p>
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   8 <p>
   9 Left hand column:  Taxon Navigator panel (2)<br/>
  10 Middle column: Taxon name panel (3), Descriptive panel (4) and Media panel (5)<br/>
  11 Right hand column: Descriptive Panel (6) and Supplemental Data panel (7)
  12 </p>
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  14 <p><img src="" alt="" /></p>
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  16 <p>The different parts of the Taxonomic Editor are outlined below. To view those which are not shown in the default view see section 4.2 The Show View Menu page 41.</p>
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  18 <dl>
  19         <dt>A/ The Toolbar (1) </dt>
  20                 <dd>contains a search bar to search within your data set and the Menus (see 3.2 The Menus below for a list of menus available and their functions).</dd>
  21         <dt>B/ The Taxon Navigator panel (2)</dt>
  22                 <dd>provides a hierarchical representation of the relationships between the taxa within your dataset.</dd>
  23         <dt>C/ The Taxon Name panel (3)</dt>
  24                 <dd>This panel contains a tab for each open taxon. Information entered here will be parsed directly and displayed in the taxon details panel .</dd>
  25         <dt>D/ Taxon Data Panels</dt>
  26                 <dd>There are four different taxon data panels where data types can be selected and added for Descriptive(4), Supplemental (6), Media (5) and Polytomous keys (not shown – not yet functional). When an item in a pane associated with one of these tabs is selected the data associated with the selection will be displayed and can be edited in the details panel (6).</dd>
  27         <dt>E/ The Details Panel (6)</dt>
  28                 <dd>The contents displayed in this panel will vary depending upon the selections in the other panels. When a taxon is currently selected this panel displays the parsed taxon details. When an element in a Taxon data panel is selected then the details of the selected item are displayed here.  When the bulk  editor is activated the edit controls for the bulk editor will also be displayed in this panel</dd>
  29         <dt>F/ Management Panels</dt>
  30                 <dd>There are 4 database management panels, none of which open in the default view.<br/>
  31                         The Datasource panel shows which datasource, or database, the Taxonomic Editor is currently connected to. You can connect or delete connections to different datasources or create a new datasource.
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  33                         <p>The User Manager panel will be used to view, edit, create or delete user accounts in order to track changes to your data, for example “Created By” and “Updated By”; it is not yet operational.</p>
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  35                         <p>Messages - experimental feature, not yet fully functional.<br/>
  36                         Reporting - experimental feature, not yet fully functional.</p>
  37                 </dd>
  38 </dl>
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  40 <p>For more information on customising the layout of the editor refer to section 4 of this manual.</p>