Hint presents a range of keyboard shortcuts for use in the current screen [only]. Clicking Hint in the specific tab for the toolbar brings up a small help screen showing the available shortcuts. Each of these is described below:

Shortcuts are given according to the sections and order of the toolbar icons and noted below. Individual Hint functions are provided on specific screens, e.g. Place an Order

Circulation Hints #

Workspace #

• Alt+5 Clear
• Alt+6 Login
• Alt+7 Quick Find
• Alt+8 Workflow
• Alt+9 Box of items

Users #

• F9 User Lists
• F7 User Details
• Alt+K User Links
• Alt+O Profile
• Alt+M Homebound
• Alt+D Disc access
• Alt+E User Merge
• Alt+B Bookings

Bibliographic #

• F11 Search
• Alt+W Quick Work
• Alt+S Quick Suggestion

Items #

• F6 Item Details
• Alt+I Item Transfer
• Alt+T Transfer item to a Location
• Alt+C Delete or clear Item Temporary Location
• Alt+F Transfer Item to an Item Format
• Alt+X Export transferred items
• Alt+I Add or remove item statuses
• Alt+G Set Flags e.g. toa float item

Circulation functions #

• F2 Loan
• F3 Return
• F4 Renewal
• F5 Reserve
• F8 History
• Alt+A Allocated Loans

Internet #

Alt+B Browser – Now defunct

Technical Services Hints #

Collection management #

• Alt+B Bibliographic Cataloguing
• Alt+H Headings
• Alt+A Authority Cataloguing
• Alt+T Z39.50 Site Manager
• Alt+M Bibliographic Merge
• Alt+D Digital catalogue
• Alt+L Labels

Ordering #

• Alt+G Suggestion management
• Alt+I Inter-Library Loans
• Alt+O Order list
• Alt+P Place an Order
• Alt+N Send Orders
• Alt+R Receive Orders
• Alt+V Invoices
• Alt+U Suppliers
• Alt+F Funds
• Alt+S Serials Control
• Alt+E Serial display

Administration Hints #

Notices #

• Alt+N Notices
• Alt+A Authorisation of Reviews
• Alt+P Post
• Alt+B Update password

Parameters #

• Alt+L Loan parameters
• Alt+Y System parameters

Other #

• Alt+X Delete XML files
• Alt+W Delete work files

Management #

Import & Export #

• Alt+L Loader
• Alt+E Bibliographic Export – Now import
• Alt+F Upload MARC
• Alt+T Submit Task
• Alt+R Electronic Resources

Local #

• Alt+O Offline transactions
• Alt+V Check connectivity
• Alt+G Local settings

Options #

• Alt+U Suppress user pad
• Alt+I Suppress item pad
• Alt+M Windows messages

Function keys #

Please note that there is also a set of universal function key definitions.

The following keyboard shortcuts are available through use of Function keys, and apply throughout Desktop operations:

• F1 – Help
• F2 – Loan
• F3 – Return
• F4 – Renew
• F5 – Reserve
• F6 – Item details
• F7 – User details
• F8 – Audit history
• F9 – User lists
• F10 – not assigned
• F11 – Search
• F12 – Item transfer

Delete XML Files #

This function is provided for administrative purposes. Aurora Desktop gathers parameter information from the live database and writes the required common parameters to internal files (held in dr:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\AuroraDesktop\<InstID>\AuroraDesktop, where <UserName> is the local Windows user id and <InstID> is the Aurora local institution identifier), and these are all XML files. When upgrades occur, it may be necessary to manually delete these files to allow them to be recreated; if a parameter is changed and immediate change to reflect that parameter is required, then the XML files must be deleted abd Desktop restarted (if the change is not urgent, then the parameters will be cleared and reloaded on the next days startup). AIT will advise if and when this is known to be necessary. A manual deletion will require the closure of Desktop, and the files are recreated from the database when the program is restarted.

Note that it is possible to set a parameter which will automatically refresh the XML files every so many days, subject to the setting of DateOfLastXMLRefresh

Delete Work Files #

This option allows clearance of local work files. It deletes .HTM, .XLS, .TXT, and .MRC files which previously accumulated in the Aurora work folder.

Help button #

Links you to the aurora help knowledgebase for full details on the specific screen you have enables help for.

Close Button #

Closes the current screen open in desktop.

Other #