This screen permits you to edit (add, change or delete) any information that is available to you in the personal data fields on this screen.

 

All of the fields are optional and do not require any data.

 

The information on this screen is displayed under the ‘Personal’ tab on the ‘Main’ screen at all times, regardless of what tabset is selected.

 

The information is also displayed on the main information report when that report is printed if you choose to print it.

 

It is simply a repository for personal information about the current user.

 

The small number beside and to the right of some of the data fields indicates how many free characters are still available for that field. You can update this number while you are typing in a field by clicking in the field with your mouse, or by moving to another data field.

 

The 'notes and comments' and the 'lineage' fields can be edited for style as well as for content. You can add color, indentation and change font types and sizes. You do this by selecting some or all of the text with your cursor and then moving the cursor to the right and slightly above the text you selected to open a style editing screen. Double-click in these fields to open an edit box that will allow you to see more data and permit easier editing.

 

Click the 'Save and Return' button to save any changes that you wish to keep and to close the screen.

 

Note that if you wish to reduce clutter on th main screen or not to display any personal data, you can suppress the appearance of this data on the main screen by setting the 'Show' switch found at the bottom of the screen to 'On'.