CIRCULATION PLUS
DEMO/TUTORIAL MANUAL
Version 6.2

Copyable Demonstration Package
Free Distribution Encouraged

The Follett Software Company
A Follett Corporation Company
809 North Front Street
McHenry, Illinois 60050
800/323-3397 or 815/344-8700

Hardware requirements for this DEMO/TUTORIAL program:
Apple IIc or IIe with 80-column card, monitor, 2 floppy disk drives (printer optional);
128K IBM PC including monitor and 2 floppy disk drives (printer optional); IBM PC XT, IBM PC AT, or Tandy 1200with monitor, 1 hard disk drive, and 1 floppy disk drive (printer optional) -compatibles" and all IBM hard disk

Demo/Tutorial programs, important installation instructions
accompany the disks.
Copyright 1985-90 by The Follett Software Company
Copyright 1984 by The Library Software Company
ISBN 0-88153-069-7 (Apple)
ISBN 0-88153-071-9 (IBM-PC)
ISBN 0-88153-073-5 (IBM-PC XT, AT)


All rights reserved.  This book and program, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission. Apple, ImageWriter, ProDos, and ProFile are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. IBM PC, IBM PC AT, IBM PC XT, and PC-Dos are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Apple Computer, Inc. makes no warranties, either express or implied, regarding the enclosed computer software package, its merchantability or its fitness for any particular purpose.  The exclusion of implied warranties is not permitted by some states.  The above exclusion may not apply to you.  This warranty provides you with specific legal rights.  There may be other rights that you may have which vary from state to state.

 TABLE OF CONTENTS



I.THE CIRCULATION PLUS DEMO DISK1
General Information2
Making Copies Using ProDos (Apple)   4
Making Copies Using PC-Dos (IBM)   5
How the Hard Disk System Works 6
II.BEGINNING THE DEMO PROGRAM  9
TUTORIAL #1 13
III.CHECKING ITEMS OUT  15
TUTORIAL #2 17
IV.CHECKING ITEMS IN  22
TUTORIAL #3 23
V.THE ADD/UPDATE OPTIONS  26
Enter Patrons27
TUTORIAL #4 32
Enter Titles34
TUTORIAL #5 39
VI.CHECKING ITEMS OUT--Additional Commands
41
Check-Out Screen Commands--A Summary53
Windows in Circulation Plus54
TUTORIAL #6 56
VII.ADD/UPDATE--Additional Commands  67
Update/Remove Patrons67
Special Patron Numbers69
Update/Remove Titles71
TUTORIAL #7 72
Update/Remove Fines76
Remove a Reserve from a Patron76
TUTORIAL #8 77
Remove Patrons by Year77
VIII.PRINT/DISPLAY OPTIONS  79
Patron Transactions81
Mailing Notices83
Lists90
Reports102
School Printouts117
 125
IX.SYSTEM SETUP OPTIONS  126
Change System Options126
TUTORIAL #9 130
The Calendar131
TUTORIAL #10133
Add/Change Category Types134
TUTORIAL #11135
Add/Change Special Call # Abbreviations135
Update Last Report Date136
Add/Update Collection Counts136
Update Special Locations137
TUTORIAL #12137
Change Wording on Notices138
X.THE INVENTORY PROGRAM139
Enter Titles into Inventory140
Begin a New Inventory140
TUTORIAL #13140
Finalize Inventory141
Inventory Print Options143
XI. ADDITIONAL FEATURES  146
Backup146
Running Diagnostics146
Restoring Data146
Using Other Programs with Circulation Plus147
Optional Code Commands   147
  Batch Diskette  147
Batching In Quick Card Data  149
XII. BUYING AND INSTALLING CIRCULATION PLUS150
Hardware for`   150
Supplies for`   151
The`FOLLETT Warranty and Software Support   152
Installing` 153
XIII. IN CONCLUSION 156
XIV. 157