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- | ===== Merging two items ===== | + | ====== 4.08. Merging two items ====== |
- | + | If an item has inadvertently been added twice, with slightly different descriptions, | |
- | If an item has inadvertently been added twice, with slightly different descriptions, | + | |
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+ | In the //Item to keep// box type the first few characters of the item you want to keep and press the Tab key. Then select the correct item from the list displayed (if only 1 item matches what you have typed it will be put in the box for you without the need for selection). | ||
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+ | Now do the same in the //Item to merge - will be deleted// box. The item you select here will be completely replaced with the one in the //Item to keep// box. | ||
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+ | Note that when selecting these items you are selecting from all of the items in your datafile, not just those visible in the store you are logged-in to. | ||
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+ | When you are ready, click on the //OK// button. BUT BEWARE: | ||
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- | If you merge two items that are, in fact, different, you will really mess things up. There is no un-do for this operation, so you will be begging us to help you fix the mess, and we charge a special penal rate for people who do things after having been warned | + | If you merge two items that are, in fact, different, you will really mess things up. There is no undo function |
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- | | + | **Notes:** |
- | | + | - Merging replaces all the instances of the item selected to delete with the item selected to keep throughout everywhere your datafile. |
- | | + | - Merging items affects all historical records except for item names on finalised transactions, |
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