Searching for patron records – Follett VERSION 6.00 User Manual

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Patrons

the password and click

OK

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The Patron Maintenance default password is

MODPATRON

. The Patron Maintenance main window appears:

Menu bar

From the Patron Maintenance main window, you can choose to search for a

record, create a record, edit or delete existing records once they are found, or

access the menu bar. From the menu bar, you can access each of the following

submenus, as well as the online help features:

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File MenuĊContains the commands to import and export patron

information and to close Patron Maintenance.

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Edit menuĊContains five options for maintaining patrons globally,

individually, and with a PHD.

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Search menuĊContains four options for finding patron records.

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Help menuĊContains options for finding the help pertaining to Patron

Maintenance, and the About dialog. From the About dialog, you can see

product information for the application, the current number of patrons, titles,

and copies in the system, and run the System Circulation Statistics and

System Information Reports (see Chapter 39, System reports").

Searching for patron records

Although you can search for patron records at any time, you'll need to search for

a patron record before you can edit or delete it. Both the toolbar and the Search

menu provide quick access to search strategies. The Patron search options table

describes the search strategy associated with each search button on the Patron

Maintenance toolbar and gives examples of the data needed for each search.

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