Tour of essential features # 21
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Well written commentary is the cornerstone of every
good documentary effort. But so much of what we record in our diaries,
journals, notebooks, and databases is subject to repetitive entries describing
what we've learned. In our paper-based efforts, this gives rise to common
abbreviations: shortened words for locations, botanical terms, growing
conditions, and other technical jargon. In today's graphic-rich computer
centric world, abbreviations become icons.
The Compleat Botanica exploits the graphical power of today's computers and
the high-resolution output of color printers, to eliminate abbreviations, and at
the same time to make our collection of data more readable. Because
graphics and icons are consistently shown throughout the software, a new lexicon
can arise which replaces codes and abbreviations with iconic symbols.
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See these Pathfinder documents for more about this:
Getting the most out of the Specimen List
Setting default values for new specimen records
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