5 <p><img src=
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7 <p>The General menu has the following options:
</p>
10 <li><strong>New;
</strong> for creating a new Taxon or Reference, name, person, specimen or classification
</li>
11 <li><strong>Close; Close All; Save; Save All;
</strong> these functions operate on the taxon or taxa records that are open in the Freetext panel.
</li>
12 <li><strong>Import;
</strong> for importing data for an existing database or file.
</li>
13 <li><strong>Export;
</strong> for exporting data to a database or file.
</li>
14 <li><strong>Login;
</strong> to open the User login pop-up box.
</li>
15 <li><strong>Exit;
</strong> for closing the Taxonomic Editor.
</li>
16 <li>Recently opened records are listed at the bottom of the menu. Click on a taxon name in this list to open the taxon in the Freetext panel.
</li>
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24 <li><strong>Undo; Redo;
</strong> these commands are currently operational only when using the Bulk Editor (see below).
</li>
25 <li><strong>Cut; Copy; Paste; Delete;
</strong> these commands apply to all panels of the Taxonomic Editor apart from the Taxon Navigator panel where only the Delete function works.
</li>
27 <p><img src=
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31 <p>The Window menu lets you open other editors and views that are not visible yet or have been closed before.
</p>
33 <p><img src=
"../img/3_2d.jpg" alt=
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36 <li><strong>Bulk Editor;
</strong> The Bulk Editor is used to edit lists of:
39 <li>Name Relationship
</li>
41 <li>Specimens or Observations
</li>
42 <li>Authors and Author Teams
</li>
45 See
<a href=
"">Bulk Editing
</a> for further details.
47 <li><strong>Show View;
</strong>
49 <li><strong>Taxon Navigator
</strong></li>
50 <li><strong>Polytomous Keys
</strong></li>
51 <li><strong>Descriptive
</strong></li>
52 <li><strong>Media
</strong></li>
53 <li><strong>Concept
</strong></li>
54 <li><strong>Details
</strong></li>
55 <li><strong>Supplemental
</strong></li>
56 <li><strong>Datasource
</strong></li>
57 <li><strong>Messaged
</strong></li>
61 (see
<a href=
"">Customising the Taxonomic Editor
</a>).
63 <li><strong>Preferences;
</strong> for managing preferences (see
<a href=
"">Customising the Taxonomic Editor
</a>).
</li>
70 <li><strong>Help Contents
</strong> shows this help document
</li>
71 <li><strong>Search
</strong> for a string in the help document
</li>
72 <li><strong>Parser Help Website
</strong> Information on the rules that are used by the parser
</li>
73 <li><strong>Check for Updates
<strong> (Not yet functional).
</li>
74 <li><strong>Install New Software Software Updates;
<strong> to access any available updated from the EDIT WP5 website (Not yet functional).
</li>
75 <li><strong>About Taxonomic Editor; to access feature, plug-in and configuration details.
</li>
76 <li><strong>About the EDIT Platform
</li>
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