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The New option (1.2) contains three options:

User: This menu item allows you to add new users to the system. Because of the way Ares
        interfaces with the CUL systems this option is not used.

Class: This option allows you to add a new class to the system, and associate it with a professor
        and semester. This menu option is for adding classes only, ; if a class needs to be
        edited please see the Edit menu in the next section.

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Edit Item: Allows you to open an individual item 's and edit that items item's details. From this window
        items can be placed in different queues, updated, or removed.

Clear Users: This option is not used due to the way Ares interfaces with CUL's system.

 Figure 1.4: The Edit option detail on the Main Window of the Ares system:

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The Search Item button brings up an search window used to locate a an individual item of or groups
of items, figure 1.5.

Figure 1.5: The main search window of the Ares System:

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1.2.5 Copyright
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The copyright section is currently not used; therefore this menu will not be covered.

Figure 1.6: The Copyright option detail on the Main Window of the Ares system:

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The Item Processing option lists the queues currently displayed in the main window (see
A Figure 1.1). Clicking on any of the queues listing in this menu will open them , (see
Figure 1.1).
 

1.2.7 Fulfillment
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Update Stacks Searching Results: This option opens a windows window were you can update
        status of individual items. This is covered further in section 9 Pulling Items Form The Stacks.

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        Scan Items Later - This option places items found on the shelf in a queue to be
                scanned and uploaded to the Ares system at a later time. (Section 9.2.2 Items to be scanned)

        Item Available On Shelf - This option places items directly into the "Item Available
                at Reserve Desk" queue and makes them visible to students enrolled in that course.

        In Transit to Pickup Location - This option places items that have been requested
                from other libraries, back into that units "In Stack Searching" queue for later later   processing
                by them.

Print Recall Notices: This option pulls any new items that have been moved to the "Awaiting
        Recall Processing" queue and opens a Microsoft Word template for printing.

Print Awaiting Acquisitions Fulfillment: This option pulls any new items that have been
        moved to the "Print Stack Searching Items" queue and opens a Microsoft Word template
        for printing.

Print Sessions: This option allows you to reprint past batches in the event that a print job
        was lost. See section 17 Reprinting a Batch.

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The Maintenance menu has a long list of options not used in day-to-day use or by the average
user. This includes setting up E-mail templates, running reports and administrative settings.
Because of the nature of these items the day-to-day user won't use these, except for:

Change Password - This option allows the currently logged-in user to change their his or her  password
        from the current one to one of their choosinga custom password. It is recommended that this be done
        on one of the first times that you log into Ares.

Figure 1.9: The Maintenance option detail on the Main Window of the Ares system:

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