User Guide

MANAGING DATA RECORDS
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IMAGEAXS 4.0 MACINTOSH USER’S GUIDE
ImageAXS
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MANAGING DATA RECORDS
I N T HIS C HAPTER :
Creating New Records 10-1
Deleting Records 10-1
Updating Records 10-3
CREATING NEW
R
ECORDS
ImageAXS creates a new data record each time you acquire a source
file into a collection (see “Overview: Adding Files to a Collection” on
page 5-2). These records contain basic information about the source
file and a thumbnail image that represents the file.
ImageAXS automatically creates “blank” records — that is, records
that are not associated with a source file — when you import text
data into a collection if records in the import file do not match any
source files in the collection (see “Importing a Text Data File” on
page 6-4).
You may wish to manually create blank records in a collection in
order to enter data into those records before the source files are
available.
To add a blank record to a collection:
• Select New Record from the Record menu.
An empty record with a generic thumbnail image appears in
the collection window.
DELETING
R
ECORDS
Whenever you delete a record, you can choose to delete the source
file for the record at the same time. Similarly, whenever you delete a
source file, you can choose to delete the data record for that source
file (see “Deleting Source Files” on page 11-6).
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