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<span class="pageTitle">Create a new archival institution</span>
 
<span class="pageTitle">Create a new archival institution</span>
  
[[Main Page]] > [[User manual|(UM) User manual]] > [[UM-3 | UM-3 Add / edit content]] > [[UM-3.3|UM-3.3 Add / edit archival institutions]] > UM-3.3.1 Create a new archival institution
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[[Main Page]] > [[User manual]] > [[UM-3 | UM-3 Add / edit content]] > [[UM-3.3|UM-3.3 Add / edit archival institutions]] > UM-3.3.1 Create a new archival institution
  
 
[[Image:um3-3-1Create1.png|500px|right|thumb|Create a new institution]]
 
[[Image:um3-3-1Create1.png|500px|right|thumb|Create a new institution]]
  
[[Image:um3-3-1Create2.png|500px|right|thumb|Commit new record (create) or cancel]]
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[[Image:um3-3-1Create2.png|500px|right|thumb|Save or cancel the new record]]
  
  
1. On the [[Main menu bar|main menu bar]], click the ''add / edit > archival institution'' tab; ICA-AtoM takes you to the [[List screen|list screen]] showing all existing [[Archival institution|archival institutions]].
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1. On the [[main menu bar]], click the ''add / edit > archival institution'' tab; ICA-AtoM takes you to the [[list screen]] showing all existing [[Archival institution|archival institutions]].
  
  
2. Click the ''add new'' text that appears in the ''name'' [[Column header|column header]] or the [[Add new button|add new button]] at the foot of the list; ICA-AtoM takes you to a blank [[Edit screen|edit screen]] for data entry.
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2. Click the ''add new'' text that appears in the ''name'' [[column header]]; ICA-AtoM takes you to a blank [[edit screen]] for data entry.
  
  
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4. You can quit the create process at any time by clicking the ''cancel'' button in the [[Button block|button block]]; no new record will be created.
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4. You can quit the create process at any time by clicking the ''cancel'' button in the [[button block]]; no new record will be created.
  
  
5. Click the [[Create button|create button]] in the [[Button block|button block]] to commit the new record.
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5. Click the [[create button]] in the [[button block]] to save the new record.
 
 
 
 
6. Note that the [[Button block|button block]] changes after you click the [[Create button|create button]].
 
 
 
*A [[Delete button|delete button]] now appears for deleting the record.
 
 
 
*A ''save'' button now appears for saving any changes made since creating the record or the last save.
 
 
 
*The ''cancel'' button now means: "do not commit the data entered since the record was created or the last save".
 

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Create a new archival institution

Main Page > User manual > UM-3 Add / edit content > UM-3.3 Add / edit archival institutions > UM-3.3.1 Create a new archival institution

Create a new institution
Save or cancel the new record


1. On the main menu bar, click the add / edit > archival institution tab; ICA-AtoM takes you to the list screen showing all existing archival institutions.


2. Click the add new text that appears in the name column header; ICA-AtoM takes you to a blank edit screen for data entry.


3. Enter data.


4. You can quit the create process at any time by clicking the cancel button in the button block; no new record will be created.


5. Click the create button in the button block to save the new record.