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TITLE		SAI Administration

OCCURRENCE	ARB_NT/SAI/Manage SAIs

DESCRIPTION     This tool allows to delete, rename, copy and edit 'SAI' entries.
                SAI is short for "sequence associated information".

                The database entries contained in the selected SAI are displayed in the
                'Info Box' subwindow.

                Howto generate SAIs:

                      Most SAIs will be generated by functions from the SAI menu in the ARB main window.

                      It is as well possible to convert a species into an SAI (see LINK{sp_sp_2_ext.hlp}).
                      SAIs can be converted into species entries by pressing the <COPY TO SPECIES> button.

                      It is also possible to calculate SAI (from other SAI) using the LINK{saicalc.hlp}.

                SAI grouping:

                      Each SAI belongs to a group of SAIs. These groups appear in ARB_EDIT4.
                      Use the 'ASSIGN GROUP' button to define the group membership of the
                      select SAI.

                SAI editing:

                      Editing SAI data is possible using the sequence editor (see LINK{e4.hlp}).

                      SAI may have alignment specific comments in each ali_xxx-CONTAINER.
                      These comments are stored in the "_TYPE" field.
                      The "EDIT COMMENT" button will always edit the comment associated with the
                      alignment currently selected in the arb main window.

                      Using the "Edit at top" entry, you may define, which SAI
                      show up in the top area of the sequence editor by default.

NOTES		It may be necessary to set the protection level equal or higher
                than that assigned to the particular 'SAI' entry.

                An example macro ("keep_listed_SAIs.amc") is delivered together with ARB,
                which allows to delete all unwanted SAIs from a database, by defining
                a list of all SAIs to keep.
                That macro can be found using the file-prompter
                under LINK{macro.hlp} (see EXAMPLES section there).

EXAMPLES	None

WARNINGS	None

BUGS		No bugs known
