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title: How to record signatures, inscriptions, and markings via art events
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# How to record signatures, inscriptions, and markings via art events

## Signatures, inscriptions, and markings are important parts of your artwork informations. This is why we want you to be able to work with them in the best possible way.

You already know [how to add Signatures, Inscriptions and Markings](https://knowledge.navigating.art/en/knowledge/how-to-add-signatures-inscriptions-and-markings?hsLang=en) to your artworks via the Artwork Detail page? Perfect, it's time to take a look at how to enter a **SIM** as part of the Artwork details from an **art event**.

### 1. Click on the pen icon to edit the art event

![Click on the pen icon to edit the art event](https://images.tango.us/public/screenshot_9fbfbfe9-b0b2-4e2a-8e15-c3d0a2d43d70.png?fm=png&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.9348&fp-y=0.3769&fp-z=3.1152&w=1200&mark-w=0.2&mark-pad=0&mark64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL21hZGUtd2l0aC10YW5nby13YXRlcm1hcmsucG5n&ar=1824%3A857)

### 2. Click on the + Add button from the Artwork details section in the art event

When you edit the art event, in the overlay you will have the **Artwork details** section, and under the **+Add** button you will see the option to select **Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings.**

![Click on the + Add button from the Artwork details section in the art event](https://images.tango.us/public/screenshot_67011168-90b5-46cc-919d-7f38d096bcb5.png?fm=png&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.7400&fp-y=0.4488&fp-z=1.9234&w=1200&mark-w=0.2&mark-pad=0&mark64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL21hZGUtd2l0aC10YW5nby13YXRlcm1hcmsucG5n&ar=1824%3A857)

### 3. Click on Signatures, Inscriptions & Markings

When you select this option, the layout to either **select** a **SIM** from the central list or **create** a new **SIM** will be displayed.

![Click on Signatures, Inscriptions & Markings](https://images.tango.us/public/screenshot_eef141ab-cee6-4e7e-9360-ea4b46e69065.png?fm=png&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.8849&fp-y=0.6289&fp-z=2.8089&w=1200&mark-w=0.2&mark-pad=0&mark64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL21hZGUtd2l0aC10YW5nby13YXRlcm1hcmsucG5n&ar=1824%3A857)

### 4. Click on Choose Signature, Inscription or Marking

When you see the option to **Select Inscription**, a drop-down menu is displayed so that you can choose among the **SIMs** recorded, which one you want to link as part of the art event.

![Click on Choose Signature, Inscription or Marking](https://images.tango.us/public/screenshot_1182987b-96f6-4143-a61c-a7b38c5915ed.png?fm=png&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.7411&fp-y=0.5378&fp-z=2.2692&w=1200&mark-w=0.2&mark-pad=0&mark64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL21hZGUtd2l0aC10YW5nby13YXRlcm1hcmsucG5n&ar=1824%3A857)

### 5. Select the option that fits what you want to record

![Select the option that fits what you want to record](https://images.tango.us/public/screenshot_41002d29-5a47-4966-9a07-a28650a00089.png?fm=png&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.7451&fp-y=0.6021&fp-z=2.1871&w=1200&mark-w=0.2&mark-pad=0&mark64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL21hZGUtd2l0aC10YW5nby13YXRlcm1hcmsucG5n&ar=1824%3A857)

### 6. Click on Save

When you save the **SIM**, it will become part of the **art event**. If you created a new **SIM**, then you will see it displayed in the **central list** under **Other**.

![Click on Save](https://images.tango.us/public/screenshot_6bdfe9c7-da9b-40cb-9f17-df275d169d6d.png?fm=png&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.9205&fp-y=0.7060&fp-z=3.2586&w=1200&mark-w=0.2&mark-pad=0&mark64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL21hZGUtd2l0aC10YW5nby13YXRlcm1hcmsucG5n&ar=1824%3A857)

### 7. SIMs classified as Tombstone or Other

![SIMs classified as Tombstone or Other](https://images.tango.us/public/screenshot_0d060387-8f38-4a7c-b801-4453bf4bc1e7.png?fm=png&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.7467&fp-y=0.3343&fp-z=2.1509&w=1200&mark-w=0.2&mark-pad=0&mark64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL21hZGUtd2l0aC10YW5nby13YXRlcm1hcmsucG5n&ar=1824%3A857)

### 8. Click on Close

![Click on Close](https://images.tango.us/public/screenshot_8398bfad-af6c-4ebf-bdbd-4c15123247da.png?fm=png&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.9594&fp-y=0.9475&fp-z=4.0000&w=1200&mark-w=0.2&mark-pad=0&mark64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL21hZGUtd2l0aC10YW5nby13YXRlcm1hcmsucG5n&ar=1824%3A857)

 

Great! Now you're all set to complete and work with your artwork details!

 

 

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