How to delete individual patron records, Important – Follett VERSION 6.00 User Manual

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Patrons

Patron picture format requirements

Picture Property

Valid specifications

Windows file formats JPEG File Interchange Format (*.jpg), Windows Bitmap (*.bmp), Tagged

Image File Format (*.tif), and PC Paintbrush (*.pcx).

Mac file formats

Windows (.bmp), Graphics Interchange (.gif), JPEG/JFIF compliant (.jif,

.jpg, .jpeg), MacPaint painting (.mac), Photoshop (R) file (.psd), PICT

(.pct), Portable Network Graphics (.png), QuickDraw GX image, QuickĆ

Time image file (.qti), Silicon graphics image (.sgi), TIFF, Targa (.tga).

Colors

Only 8-bit (256 color) or 24-bit pictures are allowed (no 1Ćbit or 4Ćbit).

Size

No greater than 100K. We do not support LZW compression.

2. To replace an existing patron picture, open the patron's record from the Add

or Edit Patron dialog and follow the instructions in step 1. To remove the

patron's picture from the database, open the patron's record from the Add or

Edit Patron dialog and click Clear.

How to delete individual patron records

Use any search method to locate the desired patron. The patron list appears in the

Patron Maintenance window:

Highlight the patron

you want to delete.

Click Delete. A warning

message appears, asking

you to verify that you've

selected the correct paĆ

tron. Click Yes to proĆ

ceed.
Warning: Once you

confirm the deletion,

you cannot stop or

undo the process.

Highlight the patron, and click Delete. A confirmation message appears. If

overdues, holds, fines, or checkouts still exist for the patron, the message displays

the totals for the checkouts, fines, and refunds. To continue with the deletion,

click Yes. The patron's record is then completely deleted from the database.

Important:

The copy status of any copy currently checked out to the deleted

patron is changed from Checked Out to Lost. Any holds placed on

lost copies are deleted during the next morning's daily startup.

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