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Chapter 10. Publications
How Do I Enter a New Publication?
- Click on the
Toolbar and the following will appear

- Click on the
symbol and you will automatically move to the
box where you need to enter a code for the publication, a maximum of 6 characters only. - Move to
and enter the group code if necessary. (See below “More on Group codes”) If you Tab from the ID use the mouse to click in this box. - Move to
Give the magazine a title but remember that what you input here will appear on your Customer and Sub Agent invoices. The Sub Agent invoices have some space restrictions so keep it within the parameters (too long and you will run out of characters) - Move to
and select the publisher. Make sure you select the correct publisher if it is a WAN or Sunday Times publication. If WAN is not chosen then the publication will not appear on the weekly WAN sales and returns report. - Move to
. The following “pop up” will automatically appear (also see below “Changing the Price of a Publication”)

- Move to
and enter the start date. - Move to
and enter the wholesale price. This price is per item not per hundred. - Move to
and enter the retail price. Your charge for promotional publications must be calculated per day ie $5.95pw is divided by 7 days to give a charge of .85c. You will find that some prices go to 4 decimal places. For appearance purposes only the price will appear with only 2 places. If you click on the price you will see the 4 decimal places are still there. - Move to
and input the Sub Agents price per 100. - Move to
and input a delivery fee if applicable in the
box. This applies to publications that are only available one day each week such as the Sat West, Sunday Times, and Weekend Australian etc.
Monday to Friday publications must have the delivery fee entered in Days 1 to 5. For example The Australian @ 5c per day would be 5c, 10c, 15c, 20c, and 25c from Days 1 to 5 respectively - Move to
and enter the number of weeks if the publication is a term promotion. This will automatically allocate a stop date when the publication is allocated to the customer. - When completed use your mouse and click on
in the right hand top corner just above the scroll bar and the "pop up" will disappear. - Click on the days the publication will be available
if there is a specific delivery day or - Click on
if the publication does not have a specific delivery time eg. monthly magazines - Click on the
box to include the publication in a public holiday adjustment. - Click on
to make the publication active. - Click on
if the publication is a weekly paper. - Tab to the next line.
- Use the F9 key to capture the data or
- Click on
and the Main Menu will appear. Click on
and the publication will capture. If the publication does not capture simply close the program, start it again and the publication will be there.
Tip. If you forget what the “A” “G” “A” symbols are then move your mouse to each symbol.
Last edited: 8th January, 2009
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