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<li>The Template for New Data Entry Form window displays.
<li>Select the Data Entry Form template that you would like to use</li>
<li>Click '''OK'''.</li>
<li>The Data Entry Form Editor displays a new Data Entry Form. The following information are automatically populated:
:* Form ID
<li>From the Reconciliation tab of the Data Entry Form Editor window, select the row associated with the item record you would like to reconcile.</li>
<li>Click the [[Image:ReconItemRecIcon.png]] button.</li>
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'' Reconciliation Options''
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<li>Select the '''Link to Existing Item''' option.</li>
[[Image:Pick Object Type.png|500px|center]]<lidiv align="center">Click the '''OK'Pick Object Type Window'' button.</lidiv>
<li>The Pick Object Type window displays.
<li>Select the type of the existing item record from the Type of Object to Link to drop-down menu.</li>
[[Image:fig61.png|center|500px|''Pick Item Window'']]<lidiv align="center">Click the '''OK'Pick Item Window'' button.</lidiv>
<li>The Pick Item window displays. The table is not populated with any rows until you have applied a [[Filter Lists| filter]].
<li>Click the row for the item record that you would like to Link to.
<li>The Link Items window displays.
<li>If it is appropriate to verify that it is the correct existing item that you are linking to by using map preview, click the [[Image:ShadesIcon.png]] button to activate the Map preview.</li>
<li>Click the '''OK''' button.</li>
<li>The Reconciliation Tab in the Data Entry Form is updated.
<li>Repeat the above steps to Link to another existing item.