Edit an existing archival description
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Main Page > User manual > UM-3 Add / edit content > UM-3.1 Add / edit archival descriptions > UM-3.1.2 Edit an existing description
1. Navigate to the description you want to edit. For more information on navigation in ICA-AtoM, see UM-4 Access content.
2. Switch from view mode to edit mode by clicking the title bar or edit button; this takes you to the record's edit screen. On loading, the edit screen displays the record with all information areas closed; click on an information area to access the fields grouped under it.
3. Add / revise data as required.
4. To discard all changes, click the cancel button in the button block; ICA-AtoM returns you to the view screen, with no changes saved.
5. To save changes, click the save button in the button block.
6. All new and imported archival descriptions are automatically saved as draft records. This means that users who are not logged in cannot view these records. To publish the records, select "publish" in the grey box at the bottom of the edit screen.
- Note that publication status is inherited from the highest level of description; for example, when a fonds description is changed from draft to published, all child levels within the fonds are automatically changed as well.
- If a user edits a published record the record's status is automatically changed back to draft.