Adding a Topic Authority Record
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Adding "Durong"... a Queensland town

  1. Go into Data Entry
  2. Click on Topic Authority tab
  3. Use the Find box and type in the first few letters of Durong (eg. dur) (this is just to check the subject does not already exist)
  4. When not found, use the find box to lookup another town in Queensland (eg Brisbane... so type in brisb and press enter)
  5. Double click on Brisbane (Qld) to get to Topic Authority Detail tab
  6. Click on Record on the bar menu and click Copy Fields (or press Ctrl-M shortcut!). (This copies all the information from the Brisbane details to memory)
  7. Now click the + button up the top to add a new record (or press F2)
  8. Press F4 to paste the old topic into the Topic Heading field then highlight the word Brisbane using the mouse and overtype it with the word Durong (This just helps to keep the same format)
  9. Now move to the Code 1 field and press F4 again (to call up the Code 1 from the original heading) and see if the explanation to the right of the field is an appropriate cross-referencing topic area... if so, cool.  If not use the to find a better one
  1. (Move through each code field and press F4 to call up the codes (if they existed) from the old record... make sure you are happy with the cross-reference information and adjust if necessary. The best way to find appropriate cross-referencing is to lookup other similar headings)
  2. Click the tick button up the top or press F9 to save the new heading
  3. Your new topic heading in now ready to be assigned to resources!