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October 28, 2008

School Codes

I got an excellent question from a newcomer today, Janel in Webster County. She had (intelligently) duplicated a new member's record for their mom, who's a new leader. Saved herself typing in a whole bunch of info a second time. However, it also brought the member's school code into the record, and it's virtually impossible to delete a school code once it's in there. What to do?

Here's a quick fix that will serve you well as you enroll kids and leaders. Go to your File menu, and choose School Codes. Add a new record, and leave both fields blank, then Save. What will happen is that the next time you use the pull-down school menu on a record, there will be a blank link at the top, enabling you to have that field empty.
View image of School Codes screen

THANKS, Janel, for the GREAT question--and inspiring a new blog post! For the rest of you, even though you've noticed I've been a big lax on this blog, it's about to get busy again. I want to finish up with my series of State Fair questions, and then start on some new conversations...

Thanks for "listening"!