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5 <p>Notices are messages sent to patrons, vendors and staff to notify them at key times.</p>
6 <h2>Add a new notice</h2>
8 <li>Click 'New Notice'</li>
9 <li>Choose a 'Koha Module' to associate your notice with from the dropdown box</li>
10 <li>Enter a 'Code' abbreviation for your new notice (for example: 'ODUE' for Overdue Notice)</li>
11 <li>Enter a 'Name' for your new notice (for example 'Overdue Notice')</li>
12 <li>Enter a 'Message Subject' (for example 'Item Overdue')</li>
13 <li>Design your 'Message Body'</li>
18 <li>Choose a field from the scroll down menu on the left side
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22 TIP: For help with what each field is, see the Notices: Database Fields section of this manual</span></li>
24 <li>Click the '>>' button to insert that field into your text message where you'd like it to appear in the notice.</li>
25 <li>Continue adding 'field's and clicking '>>' to insert them into the notice until your message is completed.</li>
26 <li>Then, click 'Submit'</li>
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30 IMPORTANT: Currently, Koha can not reference multiple biblios in a single notice (in other words--in the example below-- there is not just ONE email sent that describes ALL currently overdue items, but an email sent for EACH overdue item) </span></li>
32 How do I schedule overdue notices?</h3>To schedule overdue notices, you must use Koha's 'Notice/Status Trigger' tool.<br/>
34 <li><em>Get there:</em> More > Tools > Overdue notice/status triggers</li>
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