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4. Type in a name, and select Excel Spreadsheet<br />

from the drop-down list of field types.<br />

5. Click Add.<br />

The new field appears in the list of fields.<br />

In order for users to be able to import and export<br />

the MS Excel spreadsheet, you must associate the<br />

Active Document Form Tool with the field.<br />

Once you have added a field to the section type, you<br />

may add it to the form for the section type. See<br />

“Configuring a Form” on page 492 for more<br />

information.<br />

Managing Property Lists<br />

Property Lists are used in forms to record various<br />

types of data properties. Property lists allow the<br />

following data types:<br />

Data type<br />

User perspective<br />

Date<br />

A user may click the date box, and type in a date and<br />

time.<br />

Text<br />

Number<br />

A user may enter text.<br />

A user may enter a number. A property may also be<br />

configured to have units associated with it.<br />

Enumerated Value<br />

Validated Value<br />

A user may choose a value from the drop-down list.<br />

The values may be from either a preconfigured list<br />

or a list that is pulled from an external database.<br />

A user may enter a value, which is validated against<br />

an external database.<br />

You may configure property lists so that they are<br />

read-only, or so that they must contain certain<br />

values before a collection transition is performed.<br />

Another feature of property lists is the ability for<br />

users to add references to them. When a user adds<br />

a reference to a property, he may navigate to the<br />

collection or section he has referenced, simply by<br />

clicking a link in the property cell.<br />

E-Notebook<br />

<strong>ChemOffice</strong> 2005/E-Notebook Managing Fields • 515<br />

Managing Data Fields

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