Help for the
Specimens Screen
CONTENTS
Main Display Screen Area
Overview
The Main
Display Area of the Specimens Screen displays specimen lists available (if any) for the active
taxon. Several
user-selectable controls allow the user
to customize
the displayed map. Four lines of header
information are displayed above each map: (1) taxonomic scope of list and
links to associated higher taxa, (2) rank of principal taxa shown in list and list format, (3) list criteria, and (4) number of list items.
User-selectable Controls
- "Specimen display option:" combo box - Make a selection from
the "Specimen display option:" combo box to choose a display format for the active
specimen list. Making a selection from the combo box immediately updates the display
format. See also Tips and Functionality below.
- "Specimen geography(ies):" list box - Make one or
more selections from the "Specimen geography(ies):" list box to limit
the specimen list to one or more regions. After making any new selections from the list box, click the "Update
list" button to display the new specimen list. The default "Specimen geography(ies):" list box
selection is "All", which displays specimens from all regions shown in the list
box. See also Tips and Functionality below.
- "Update list" button- Click on the "Update list" button to update
the specimen list after making any new selections from the "Specimen
geography(ies):" list box.
- [ListPageNumberString] text link(s) - Click on a number in the Page Number String to jump to that page
in the active specimen list. Each page displays a maximum of 100 records
from the total specimen list.
- "First" button - Click on the First button to
jump to the first page in the total specimen list.
- "Previous" button - Click on the Previous button to move
to the preceding page in the total specimen list.
- "Next" button - Click on the Next button to move to the
next page in the total specimen list.
- "End" button - Click on the End button to jump to the
last page in the total specimen 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.
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Full data record icon(s) - Click on a green Full Data Record icon to display the complete data record of a specimen in a new, independent, copy of your browser.
- "Dataset profile" text link - Click on the Dataset Profile link to
display the profile of the dataset from which the specimen record originated. Dataset profile links are
only displayed when the "Specimen display option:" combo box is set to "expanded list".
- "Top" text link - 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.
Tips and Functionality
Basic Functionality
- Use the "Specimen display option:" combo
box to choose among available specimen list display formats. The
"synoptic list" format (default) displays each specimen record in
an abbreviated, two-line, format. Specimen records are ordered by primary,
secondary and tertiary political subdivisions (e.g., country, state,
county), where this data is available. On higher taxon pages, specimen
records are presented within the framework of a taxonomic heirarchy that is
alphabetically ordered within each rank. In the "synoptic list"
format, click on the the full data record icon for any specimen to display
its complete specimen record. The "expanded list" format displays
the complete specimen records for all specimens in the specimen list. On
higher taxon pages, specimen records are presented within the framework of a
taxonomic heirarchy that is alphabetically ordered within each rank.
- In all display
option formats, specimen lists are presented in "pages" with a
maximum lenght of 100 records. Use the specimen list "page" controls to access pages within the total specimen list. The
specimen list "page" controls are the List Page Number String and the buttons "First",
"Previous", "Next" and "Last". For the functionality of these individual controls see their
individual entries under User-selectable Controls above.
Tips
- Use the multiple-selections feature of the "Specimen geography(ies):" list box
to create customized specimen lists based on different, user-selected, combinations
of geographic regions. To
make multiple selections from the "Specimen geography(ies):" list box, hold down either
the "Enter" key or the "Shift" key while selecting regions with your
pointing devise.
- Be sure to click the "Update list" button to display the
updated specimen list after making any new selections from the "Specimen geography(ies):"
list box.
- Data from specimen lists can be copied and pasted as
simple text into other applications for further use by individual
users.
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