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Print Options

This section presumes you:

Have successfully logged on to Theatre Manager

Have successfully run a report.

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Finding Who's in a Mail List

This section presumes you:

Have logged on to Theatre Manager and,

Are able to locate a patron record.

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The main Toolbar (or Ribbon Bar) are the buttons above the Patron Window and below the Menu Bar. Each button has a specialized but generic function so that it is useable for the same function in many different areas. The toolbar / ribbon bar allows quick access to commands and other modules of Theatre Manager.

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System Preferences

System Preferences are used to manage how Theatre Manager behaves for all outlets in the database. (This also applies if there is only one outlet). The items that can be changed generally have to do with system maintenance, overall appearance and general behaviour that all users will experience.

Click on a link to the left to view the details of each tab in this window.

The System Preferences Window is accessed through the Setup >> System Preferences Menu.

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Company Preferences

Company Preferences allows customization of Theatre Manager to work optimally with a venue. From this window many of the features and behaviors of Theatre Manager specific to the company can be modified.

In the outlet version of Theatre Manager, a master user will need to create a Company Preferences record for each participating company. The companies can then set their own default preferences to have different box office policies, names for entities, development defaults, etc.

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Code Tables

Code Tables are used to control the values selected in user defined fields. The values entered for each Code Table category appear in a Drop Down, Pop Up field, or Calculated fields. You can add new values to the Code Tables, when nessesary, and you create as many values for the Code Tables your company requires.

You access the Code Tables through the Setup >> System Tables >> Code Tables Menu.