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[[Image:number1.png|40px|left]] Navigate to the description you want to edit. For more information on navigation in ICA-AtoM, see in this manual: [[UM-4|Access content (UM-4)]].
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<li>Navigate to the description you want to edit. For more information on navigation in ICA-AtoM, see in this manual: [[UM-4|Access content (UM-4)]].
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<li>Switch from [[View mode|view mode]] to [[Edit mode|edit mode]] by clicking the [[Record title bar]] or [[Edit button]]; this takes you to the record's [[Edit screen]]. On loading, the [[Edit screen]] displays the record with all [[Area of description|areas of description]] closed; click on an [[Area of description|area]] to access the [[Field|fields]] grouped under it.
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[[Image:number2.png|40px|left]] Switch from [[View mode|view mode]] to [[Edit mode|edit mode]] by clicking the [[Record title bar]] or [[Edit button]]; this takes you to the record's [[Edit screen]]. On loading, the [[Edit screen]] displays the record with all [[Area of description|areas of description]] closed; click on an [[Area of description|area]] to access the [[Field|fields]] grouped under it.
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3. Add / revise data as required. See ''Data entry'' pages (UM-3.1.4 - UM-3.1.13) for detailed explanations and notes on fields.
  
  
[[Image:number3.png|40px|left]] Add / revise data as required. See ''Data entry'' pages (UM-3.1.4 - UM-3.1.13) for detailed explanations and notes on fields.
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4. To discard all changes, click the [[Cancel button]] in the [[Button block]]; ICA-AtoM returns you to [[View mode|view mode]] ([[View screen]]), with no changes saved.
 
 
 
 
[[Image:number4.png|40px|left]] To discard all changes, click the [[Cancel button]] in the [[Button block]]; ICA-AtoM returns you to [[View mode|view mode]] ([[View screen]]), with no changes saved.
 
  
  
 
[[Image:number5.png|40px|left]] To save changes, click the [[Save button]] in the [[Button block]]; ICA-AtoM commits the changes and re-loads the page. Note that re-loading the page causes all [[Area of description|areas of description]] to '''close'''; this behaviour will be revised in a future release (post-1.0 beta) of ICA-AtoM (e.g. page will stay open as it was before save).
 
[[Image:number5.png|40px|left]] To save changes, click the [[Save button]] in the [[Button block]]; ICA-AtoM commits the changes and re-loads the page. Note that re-loading the page causes all [[Area of description|areas of description]] to '''close'''; this behaviour will be revised in a future release (post-1.0 beta) of ICA-AtoM (e.g. page will stay open as it was before save).

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Edit an existing archival description

Main Page > (UM) User manual > UM-3 Add / edit content > UM-3.1 Add / edit archival descriptions > UM-3.1.2 Edit an existing description

Edit an existing description


  1. Navigate to the description you want to edit. For more information on navigation in ICA-AtoM, see in this manual: Access content (UM-4).
  2. Switch from view mode to edit mode by clicking the Record title bar or Edit button; this takes you to the record's Edit screen. On loading, the Edit screen displays the record with all areas of description closed; click on an area to access the fields grouped under it.


3. Add / revise data as required. See Data entry pages (UM-3.1.4 - UM-3.1.13) for detailed explanations and notes on fields.


4. To discard all changes, click the Cancel button in the Button block; ICA-AtoM returns you to view mode (View screen), with no changes saved.


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To save changes, click the Save button in the Button block; ICA-AtoM commits the changes and re-loads the page. Note that re-loading the page causes all areas of description to close; this behaviour will be revised in a future release (post-1.0 beta) of ICA-AtoM (e.g. page will stay open as it was before save).