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<h2>Adding Taxa to your Classification using the General > New menu</h2>
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<p>As well as the above method, you can also access the New Taxon Node
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box via the <strong>General > New</strong> menu on the toolbar. However, using this
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method you may need to manually input the classification and the Parent
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Taxon (if any) of the taxon that you are inputting. If a classification
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is highlighted in the Taxon Navigator panel this is automatically
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selected as the classification.</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Click on the <strong>General</strong> menu in the toolbar > <strong>New > Taxon</strong>:
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<p><img src="" alt="" /></p>
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<p>The New Taxon pop-up box will open.</p>
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</li>
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<li>Click the <strong>Browse</strong> button to the right of the Classification field:
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<p><img src="" alt="" /></p>
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<p>The “Choose a classification” pop-up box will open.</p>
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<li>Enter a search term for the name of the Classification, for example
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the first letter of the name. As you type, matching taxonomic trees
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will be shown in the “Matching items” field below:
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<p><img src="" alt="" /></p>
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</li>
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<li>Click the name of the desired classification from the list in the
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“Matching items” field.
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<li>Click <strong>OK</strong>; the pop-up box will close and the name of the
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Classification will be shown in the Classification field:
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<p><img src="" alt="" /></p>
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<p>If appropriate, you can now choose a parent to attach the new taxon to
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in the exact same way:</p>
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<li>Click the <strong>Browse</strong> button to the right of the Parent field:
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<p><img src="" alt="" /></p>
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<p>The “Select parent taxon” pop-up box will open.</p>
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<li>Select classification from drop down at the bottom of the box.
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<li>Enter a search term for the name of the parent taxon, for example the
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first letter of the name. As you type, matching taxa from your
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selected Taxonomic Tree will be shown in the “Matching items” field
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below:
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<p><img src="" alt="" /></p>
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</li>
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<li>Click the name of the desired parent taxon from the list in the
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“Matching items” field.
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<li>Click <strong>OK</strong>; the pop-up box will close and the name of the parent taxon
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will be shown in the Parent field:
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<p><img src="" alt="" /></p>
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</li>
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<li>Click in the <strong>New Taxon</strong> field.
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<li>Enter the name of the taxon, including authorship if you wish.
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<li>Click the <strong>Finish</strong> button or press the <strong>Return</strong> button on the keyboard:
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<p><img src="" alt="" /></p>
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<p>The new taxon record will appear in the <strong>Taxon Navigator</strong> panel and is
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saved automatically:</p>
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<p><img src="" alt="" /></p>
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<p>You can continue new taxa to any node in the classification in this
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way in order to build up your taxonomic treatment. To create and manage
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synonyms and other relationships, see <a href="">Managing Taxonomic Relationships</a>.</p>
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<p>If you want to open the taxon record to view the parsing status of
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the information you have input (see <a href="">Parsing Status Feedback</a>)
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or add to or edit the record (see the <a href="">following section</a>), simply
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double-click the taxon name in the Taxon Navigator panel.</p>
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