Customisation: General Settings

This option contains the other defaults that can be used that aren't easily defined in terms of the other system settings.

1. Unused - Currently Unused.

2. Paper heading skip - This is the number of lines to be printed at the top of a piece of paper. If you are using pre-printed stationery then this is the total number of blank lines to be printed if not then this is the number of EXTRA lines to be printed after the practice address.

3. Pre-printed stationery - If you are using pre- printed stationery or not.

4. Automatic pricing method - If this option is set to a 1 then when entering automatic pricing codes the system will always offer you a selection of similar codes to choose from.

5. Nominal code start month - This contains the start month of your financial year. e.g. 1 - Jan, 8 - Aug etc. and is used to make some of the reports start at the correct month.

6. Baud rate (DOS) - This is a code relating to the baud rate at which label printers run at under MSDOS and you enter 131 for 1200 baud printers and 227 for 9600 baud printers.

7. UUCP remote terminal - Do not change this option.

8. Check message file - If this option is set to Yes then a check will be made at most prompts to see if any messages have been sent.

9. Print discount amount - If set to yes and a discount is offered within automatic pricing then the amount will be included in the text e.g. Work done (10% disc.). If set to no then the amount will not appear.

10. Rounding Factor - Round transactions to a specific amount e.g. if this is set to 0.10 then all prices will be rounded to the nearest 10 pence.

11. Test record - The record number of the dummy record on the system. Any work entered on this record will not be processed by the VAT book. No destocking of stock items will take place nor will times used figures be altered, otherwise behave like any other record.

12. Bad debt account - The record number of the bad debt account on the system.

13. PDSA account - The record number of the PDSA account on the system.

14. Shop Card - The record number of the SHOP card.

15. Client not seen - Set the number of weeks at which Premvet 5 will begin displaying the 'Animal not seen since' message when clinical records are accessed.

16. Throw an extra label - If this option is set to yes then after every label printed a blank one will also be generated.

17. MR case - This is used when entering information on to clients' records:

    0	The text is as you type it
    1	All text will be capitalised.
    2	All text will be in lower case.
    3	The first character of each word will be capitalised, the rest will be in lower case.
    4	The first character of each word will be capitalised. If the character is already in upper-case then no change will be made.

18. Warnings displayed - If set to No then warnings within automatic pricing will not be displayed
19. UUCP Vatbook - Should cross updated work be processed through the vatbook on this machine.
20. UUCP Add recs - Ignore
21. POM analysis code - The analysis code associated with POM stock items.
22. Ops Default - Default for the Operation Prompt line.
23. Receipt Default - Default for the Receipt Prompt line.
24. Cons bill Default - Default for the CR Bill Prompt line.