While creating a profile, first you have to associate the existing profile to the new profile and later you can change the modules and field-level access control. The table below provides information on the default profiles and the additional profiles for the different Editions.

Cloning a Profile

A profile has the following categories of permissions:

• Module level: Enable or disable the access to modules (tabs).
• Record-level: Enable or disable permissions to View, Create, Edit, and Delete records.
• Feature-level: Enable or disable permission to access features, such as Import, Export, Mass Mail, Mass Update, Mass Transfer etc, to the users associated to the profiles.
• Field-level: Enable or disable permission to access the fields in a record. In addition you can restrict the access to edit the fields.

To create a new profile

1. Click Setup > Users & Permissions > Profiles.
2. In the Profiles page, click Create Profile.
3. In the New Profile page, do the following:
   • Enter the Profile Name.
     
     
   • Select an existing profile from the Clone Profile drop-down list.
     The new profile will be cloned. Later you can modify the access control for the new profile.
   • Enter the Profile Description.
4. Click Save. Once you have cloned the profile, you can make the changes to the various permissions.