Follett VERSION 6.00 - Manual (Page 215)

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Starting and getting around in Inventory
From the computer desktop, open the Follett Applications folder and
doubleĆclick the Inventory icon.
Note: You can also access the Follett Applications menu from the Windows
Start | Programs menu or from the Mac OS Apple menu.
If you are using the password option for Circulation Desk from System Setup's
Site setup (see page 41), a password dialog appears. (Inventory and Circulation
Desk share the same password.) Enter the Circulation Desk password (by default
CHECKITOUT
) and click OK.
Note: If you are starting Inventory before Circulation Desk at the beginning of
the day, Inventory must perform the daily housekeeping tasks, which may
generate a Daily Holds Processing exception report. For more information,
see Starting Circulation Desk" on page 115.
When Inventory starts, the main window appears. The following graphic shows
the Inventory main window as it appears before an inventory is begun:
Menu bar
Toolbar
To begin an inventory
To reset Missing items to
Unmarked or reopen the
last inventory
From the menu bar, you can access each of the Inventory functions and help:
S FileĊContains the command used to close Inventory.
S InventoryĊContains all Inventory commands that appear on the toolbar.
S HelpĊContains the commands used to access the help topics and glossary.
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
Circulation Statistics and System Information Reports (see Chapter 39,
System reports").