Reorder, demote or promote a record

Demote a record to become a subrecord

  1. In the Record pane, click the record you want to demote.

  2. Click the menu button () that is on the Information bar, next to the Record label, and then click Demote Record.

The Choose Owner of Demoted Record dialog box appears.

  1. In the dialog box, click the record into which you want to demote the record, and then click OK.

    • Optionally, you can select () Display usage figures to see how many times the records listed in the dialog box have been used as cross references, such as in for supporting evidence, superseded by and so on.

Move (reorder), or promote or demote subrecords

  1. In the Record pane, click the heading field, such as Observation, for the subrecord or sub record of a subrecord that you will move, promote or demote.

    Links and a menu button () appear.

  2. Click the menu button, and then click one of the following commands:

    (The available menu commands depend on the item's position in the hierarchical structure and number of senses in the entry.)

    • Move Up

    • Move Down

    • Demote

    • Promote

    The current subrecord, or subrecord of a subrecord, moves

    • one position vertically (up or down) to change the order,

    • one position hierarchically (promoted or demoted) within the record, or

    • from a subrecord to become a top-level record. If you promote a subrecord, it becomes a record. You see this in the Title column as the title now appears in bold font.

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Related Topics

Record Edit overview