## Viewing Form

The purpose of the viewing form is to allow users to examine recorded data, and see at a glance if there are any associated records in the butchery, pathologies and non-metrical variations, measurements and tooth wear forms. No data can be recorded using this form.

If this form doesn't load immediately, and instead gives messages regarding deleting or adding rows to a table, see the troubleshooting page.

Instead of listing abbreviations for species, element, taphonomic alterations, butchery marks, etc., the corresponding definitions from all lookup tables have been used, so users can read, in plain English, all data that have been recorded for each specimen.

Two forms have been inset at the bottom of this main form. These are then used to display information about butchery marks, and pathologies and non-metrical variations. These will only be visible if there are data to display. In some cases, multiple records will have been entered for either of these; users can manipulate these by using the relevant navigation buttons ().

The Measurement Form and Tooth Wear Form buttons are only enabled if there are any data to display, thus allowing users to quickly ascertain the quantity and type of information that has been collected for each record. This is one of the viewing form's great advantages, because if the recording form was being used to view data, users would inadvertently create new records in measurements, tooth wear, butchery and pathologies and non-metrical variations, each time they checked to see if any data had previously been recorded.

Users can also view the information that has been recorded for each context.

For full descriptions of each field, and the type of data that can be recorded in each, users are directed to the relevant section on the recording form page.