Help for the
Common Name Finder Screen (Browse Option)
CONTENTS
Main Display Screen Area
Overview
The Main-Display Area of
the Common Name Finder (Browse Option) displays user-selectable controls
, taxon lists and associated header and
footer information. With this Finder you can locate taxa of interest by scanning
alphabetically arranged lists of TIARA system "common name" data. Each taxon list contains links directly to the Taxon Home Pages of the taxa it displays.
Taxon List Header Lines
- Finder name and option
- List criteria for the active taxon list
- List item count (linecount) for the active taxon
list
User-selectable Controls
- "Finder options:" combo box - Make a choice from
the "Finder options:" combo box to switch among the available options of
the Common Name Finder. Selecting an option from the combo box
automatically and immediately loads the chosen Finder option.
- [AlphabetLine] text links - Click on a letter-link in the "Alphabet
Line" to display a taxon list of common names beginning with that
letter of the alphabet. Click on the "all" link to display a taxon
list of all common names in the TIARA system (this is a long list, so it may
load slowly; use it sparingly). Clicking on a link automatically and
immediately loads the selected taxon list.
Taxon home page icon(s) - Click on a yellow Taxon Home Page
Icon to jump to the Home Page for the taxon whose
name the icon follows.
- "Top" - Click on the Top link (located below the taxon list) to jump to the top of the Main Display Screen Area.
- Scroll Bars - Depending upon your monitor screen size, browser window size and the
length of the displayed taxon list, you may see scroll bars on the right
and/or bottom of the Main Display Area. Use the scroll bars to move the
Main Display Area vertically and/or horizontally to better view its
contents.
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