eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.help/html/gettingstarted/the_menus.html

   1 <h2>The Menus</h2>
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   3 <h3>General</h3>
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   5 <p><img src="../img/3_2a.jpg" alt="" /></p>
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   7 <p>The General menu has the following options:</p>
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   9 <ul>
  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>
  17 </ul>
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  19 <p><img src="../img/3_2b.jpg" alt="" /></p>
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  22 <h3>Edit</h3>
  23 <ul>
  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>
  26 </ul>
  27 <p><img src="../img/3_2c.jpg" alt="" /></p>
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  29 <h3>Window</h3>
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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>
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  33 <p><img src="../img/3_2d.jpg" alt="" /></p>
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  35 <ul>
  36         <li><strong>Bulk Editor;</strong> The Bulk Editor is used to edit lists of:
  37                 <ul>
  38                         <li>Names</li>
  39                         <li>Name Relationship</li>
  40                         <li>References</li>
  41                         <li>Specimens or Observations</li>
  42                         <li>Authors and Author Teams</li>
  43                 </ul>
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  45                 See <a href="">Bulk Editing</a> for further details.
  46         </li>
  47         <li><strong>Show View;</strong>
  48                 <ul>
  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>
  58                 </ul>
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  61                 (see <a href="">Customising the Taxonomic Editor</a>).
  62         </li>
  63         <li><strong>Preferences;</strong> for managing preferences (see <a href="">Customising the Taxonomic Editor</a>).</li>
  64 </ul>
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  67 <h3>Help</h3>
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  69 <ul>
  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>
  77 </ul>
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