I have answered point one myself. It does seem to be possible to change the 
name used by Arches for a heritage resource simply by deleting them and 
inputting the gain in the correct order, but it doesn't always work!
Lucy

On Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 1:24:11 PM UTC+2, Lucy FJ wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> 1. I would like to report a possible error in the Resources data manager, 
> heritage resource input form, Site summary section:
>
> Firstly, when you input the resource name you have to enter the primary 
> name first and then other names in that order for the primary name to be 
> used as the name of the resource and for the primary name  to appear on the 
> map. Is this correct? I believe in older versions of Arches, the primary 
> name had a special meaning and would be always be used as the name of the 
> resource. 
> Secondly, if you forget to enter the names in this order and try later to 
> edit the resource to correct it, you must delete the resource and start 
> again, it is not possible to simply delete the names and input again 
> putting the primary one first. This does seem to make sense as I can see 
> that the resource name would be difficult to simply amend. Is this how 
> Arches is supposed to work? 
>
> 2. Location:  when inputting the location, by adding geometry to the map, 
> it is not possible to view the longitude/latitude  so it is impossible to 
> locate a place correctly. I realize that most users will enter the 
> coordinates in batch mode or by using the .gpx file but it might be useful 
> to have that information there.  
>
> 3. Description:the text box for inputting the description only appears if 
> I have set up 3 description types, these can be any, I believe. We only 
> need one type, and it seems strange that you need to put in three. Also, 
> when I copy the text from an Excel file, it is not possible to reformat the 
> text, so it appears just as it is in the file, a narrow, long entry. 
>
>
> Thank you, Lucy
>

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