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Clear marks -> records are only marked on retrieved
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Author: Peter Malling
Posted: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:37:27 -0400
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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:10:00 -0800
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I just wrote a posting, that RM clears the marks after having made a new
F5. After further investigation I found out that this is actually not
what happens. Rather, RM handles marks in the retrieved tab and on the
tab for the actual database, separately. So even though I mark certain
records on the retrieved tab, this is not reflected on the tab of the
database.
I think that the retrieved tab is a new instance of a subset in the
original database, should be considered purely a reference to the
original record, and whatever manipulation you make on the retrieved tab
should be reflected in the original database. I know that marking
records is not really ammending the database records, but still it would
be more logical if RM replicated the marking of records made on the
retrieved tab on the tab of the database. Because F5 (or F4) is the only
way to find the records, you want to mark, and the whole logic behind
marking records is that first you mark a number of records, and then you
do something with them. In Endnote you don't have this problem, as you
can just type the first letters of the author, and it will jump to that
author, you are still in the correct database window and can just mark
it. But as this is (regretably) not possible in RM, you are left with
search for records in order to mark them. Of course - and that will
probably be what I have to do - I can find the records by browsing up
and down in the database, but this is really not feasible in a large
database.
Have I overlooked something?
Peter, Denmark.
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