Follett VERSION 6.00 - Manual (Page 696)

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3. To select and setup the patron file you want to use, from The Bar Tender
main menu, select File | Input Data File Setup. From the Input Data File
Setup dialog, set the Type option to Text File. In the Data Selection group box,
click Select. The Specify Data File dialog appears.
4. Set the List Files of Type to All [*.*], and then change the Drives option to the
location of the patron export file you wish to input.
See also: Patron export files are created in Patron Maintenance. For more
information, see Chapter 18, Exporting patron records."
Under File Name, select the patron export file you want to print, and then
click OK. The Input Data File Setup dialog reappears.
5. To view the records you have selected, click View Selected Records. The first
record in the View Select Records dialog is the leader from the patron file,
usually the library name. The rest of the list contains the patron numbers you
want to print. (The last name is in Field 3, and the first name is in Field 4. All
fields can be viewed by scrolling to the right in the dialog.) After verifying
the records are correct, click OK.
6. To prevent the patron file header record from printing, in the Data Selection
group box, change the Record Selection dropĆdown list to Range, and then
click Options. From the Record Range Options dialog, change the Starting
Record # to 2 , and then click OK.
To Print these labels with just the library name and the patron barcode
number, go to step 8. To add patron names to the barcode labels, continue
with step 7.
7. Add a text field using the steps for Adding text to the label" on page 694.
Modify the font size of the text field as necessary. To specify the contents of
the text field, from the Modify Selected Text Object dialog, select the Data
Source tab. Set the Data Source option to Input File Data. To display the
patron's last name, set the Use Data Field # to
3
. After completing your text
modifications, click OK. To add the patron's first name to the label, repeat
this step and set the Use Data Field # to
4
. You may need to reposition the
text or barcode on the label.
8. To print the patron barcode labels, choose File | Print, or choose the Print
icon from the toolbar. From the Print dialog, select the Input Data File check
box. Set the Identical Copies of Label to 1 , and then click Print. After printing,
save your changes to the file.
Barcodes in The Bar Tender
The Bar Tender for Windows reference manual (provided with the full program
when purchased) describes in detail how to modify barcodes. If you are using
any of the following symbologies with a check digit (checksum) and are planning
to create barcodes in The Bar Tender, do not type the last digit of any 8- through
14-character barcode:
D Codabar Mod 10
D Code 39 Mod 10
D Code 39 Mod 11
D Code 39 Mod 43