Check Item Status Wizard Properties

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Check Item Status Wizard Properties

You can change current system settings in the Check Item Status wizard using the Set Properties window. The Check Item Status wizard allows you to set the following properties.

Display Property Page

You can choose when to display the Check Item Status wizard’s Set Properties window by selecting one of the following options.

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Wizard Startup – Displays the Set Properties window the first time you access the wizard until you end the wizard session or log off the client.

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Never – Does not display the Set Properties window the first time you access the wizard. If Never is selected and you want to open the Set Properties window, point to the wizard’s toolbar button, right-click, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu.

Depending on the value selected in Display Property Page, defaults may appear as the first step of the wizard. Property values that are changed in the first step of a wizard are retained only until the right-click method is used to set properties.

Behavior

On the Behavior tab, select or clear any of the following check boxes for the following display instructions.

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Display Instructions – Displays messages for items that require some type of action.

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Display hold instructions – Routes items to holds shelf.

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Display intransit instructions – Places the item intransit.

Configure Properties

Under Configure Properties, you can select printing slips by checking the Allow check box. Click the printing slips buttons to configure properties for the receipt headers, receipt fields, and receipt footers.

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Print Available Hold Slips – Prints slips for items that are now available to satisfy a hold.

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Print Transit Slips – Prints slips listing the library to which the item is to be sent. (This check box displays only for multilibrary systems.)

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Print Reshelving Slips – Prints slips listing the location where the item is to be reshelved.

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Print Hold Wrapper Slips – Prints slips with user, hold, and/or item information for items to be placed on a self-service holds shelf.

For more information on configuring available hold slips, transit slips, and reshelving slips, go to Receipt Printing Properties. For information on configuring hold wrappers, see Receipt Printing Properties for Hold Wrapper Slips.

To use the wizard slip printing function, you must define receipt printer availability options by selecting the Preference menu, pointing to Peripherals, and selecting the Receipt Printer option.

Helpers

On the Helpers tab, you can select the helpers you want to use with the Check Item Status wizard. Click a specific Helper button to display the Helper properties that you can set.

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Item Search Helper

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Change Item ID Helper

Select the Start with Search Helper check box to open the User Search helper automatically as the first step in the Check Item Status wizard. By default, this check box is not selected.