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Chapter 2 - Notice Format Codes
2.15
Editing the layout of fields
The text of a field can be edited directly if it is a free text field (such as the notice text
lines). Other fields contain data taken from elsewhere on the system, and must be
edited at source (e.g., data in the notice header should be updated in the COPN table see page 2.31-3), or be altered to take the data from a different source (see 2.24-5 on
field types and source codes). However, it is possible to change the layout (i.e., adjust
the position on the page) of all notice fields.
The layout of a notice can be changed by altering the Start/End Row/Column in fields
2 to 5 of the Notice Format Field Definitions screen:
Fig. 2.8: CNFC Notice Format Field Definitions screen (not free text)
By convention the start column for each field is usually set to 4 or greater and the end
column for each field must be 75 or less. The end row should not be greater than 30
if you are using A5 size paper, and not greater than 60 if you are using A4 size paper,
unless you are happy for notices to spill over onto (a) continuation sheet(s).
Moving information on the page
Moving text up or down in a notice requires alterations to the row settings of a notice
and should be considered very carefully as it will require the rearrangement of all
subsequent row definitions (see 2.19-21 below). Moving text along a page requires
changes to the column settings and is less problematic.
Left or right
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OLIS Circulation Set Up Manual
1999