File Menu

Alexandria's main File menu.

The Alexandria File menu provides the following selections:

New COMPedit Document (Cmnd/Ctrl+Shift+N)—Opens a new COMPedit document; COMPedit is Alexandria’s integrated word processor (see “COMPedit: The Alexandria Word Processor”).

Open... COMPedit Document (Cmnd/Ctrl+O)—Opens the standard operating system explorer window used to locate files. When you select a document from this window, Alexandria will open it (if it is able). Use this command to open COMPedit documents, .TXT documents, MARC documents, MicroLIF documents and other files for viewing.

Close All (Cmnd/Ctrl+Alt+W)—Closes all Alexandria windows except for the Circulation window.

Save As—Allows you to save .VWP documents to specific locations on your hard drive.

Save as Attachment—This allows you to save text from a COMPedit document as a Patron, Item, or Tech Support Message.

Revert to Saved...—Changes made to the current record are discarded and the original record is displayed in the window.

Import Transaction Script—If you use a portable laser scanner for specific library duties and have downloaded the data to your hard drive, use this command to import your data into Alexandria.

Archive Now—Performs an immediate backup of your valuable Alexandria Data. For more information on archiving, please review “How Archiving Works”.

Rebuild Now—Performs an immediate Rebuild of your valuable Alexandria Data. Before rebuilding, Alexandria will ask if you would like to perform an archive before rebuilding (strongly recommended) and then ask if you would like to restart Alexandria after a successful rebuild.

Page Setup—Operating system standard function that sets the page up for printing.

Print (Cmnd/Ctrl+P)—Prints the information contained in the window with focus (topmost window). For example, if the Patrons management window is current, information for the selected patron is printed when this command is selected. If the Circulation window has focus, then the transaction log is printed.

Print to PDF—This allows you to save any finished reports or COMPedit world processor documents as Adobe PDF files (Macintosh only).

Log Out (Cmnd/Ctrl+E)—This command closes the Circulation window and disallows anyone without proper authorization to access Alexandria. Instead, an Alexandria Login window appears, awaiting a correct User Name and Password. If a high-level user steps away from the Data Station and doesn’t want to quit or restart Alexandria, the Log Out function provides this security. The Require Operator Login box in Operator System Preferences must be checked for this option to work.

Restart (Cmnd/Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E)—Logs out the current operators, closes all windows, restarts the Alexandria program, and if Require Operator Login is turned on, brings up the Login window. If no security has been activated, Alexandria just restarts to the Circulation window.