• Data Entry User's Guide
    • Introduction to Data Entry
    • Data Entry Concepts
    • How to ...
      • Review Notes
      • Open Applications and Data Files
      • Add Cases
      • Modify Cases
        • Select a Case
        • Begin Modifying Cases
        • Save Partially Modified Case
        • Move Between Cases
        • Insert a Case
        • Delete a Case
        • Change Case IDs
        • Move Around a Case in Modify Mode
        • Go to a Field
        • Insert a Group Occurrence
        • Delete a Group Occurrence
        • Sort a Group Occurrence
        • Select a Level Occurrence
        • Add a Level Occurrence
        • Insert a Level Occurrence
        • Delete a Level Occurrence
        • Save a Case
        • Edit Interactively
      • Verify Cases
      • Stop Work
      • Assess Performance
      • Synchronize
      • Views, Settings, and Get Help
    • Files
    • Summaries

Begin Modifying Cases

When you have selected where you want to start modifying cases, press Ctrl+M; from the Mode menu, select Modify; or click on the toolbar to begin modifying. This will begin a new Modify mode session, or pick up where you last left off, if this was a partially modified case. You may move through cases viewing as many as you like, but once you begin modifying a case, you must finish the modify session before you can begin viewing another case.
The session will end when you stop modifying the current case. You can stop modifying a case by finishing it, or partially saving the modifications.
Partially modified cases are marked with in the file tree. You can modify these cases as well as any other completed cases. You cannot modify partially added or verified cases.