Bulk Extensions

You need to be viewing the loan details of the borrower to give a bulk extension.

This can be accessed via Lend button (Ctrl + L) then use the borrower barcode or surname to locate the details

You can get there via the View / Borrower...

Either way you end up with a screen something like this:-

You need to highlight / select all the items you want to extend

if they are a continuous list then click on the first loan, hold down the Shift key and press the down arrow key until loans are highlighted
if you just want to select a few random loans from the list then hold down the Ctrl key and use the mouse to click on each loan you want to select... click again to unselect
you can also use the Ctrl + click thing to unselect items you tagged using the Shift + Down arrow key method... and if that doesn't bake your noodle, nothing will!

Once you highlight the loans you want to extend, click the Extend Sel. Loans button and the Extend loans screen appears

This popup screen lets you know how many loans will be extended... (you can always right click on a stray loan to extend it after this operation)

Manually type in a new due date for the selected loans or click the "..." button to use the popup calendar to select a date (don't forget you can click on the month in the calendar to pick the month from a drop down list!)

Click Ok button and selected loans are extended

Bulk Extension - Buffer File

Another Option for Bulk Extensions is using a Buffer File. To extend a large number of resources using a Buffer File create a Buffer file in Utilities\Setup\Buffer File and follow the below instructions:

Select the 'Extend' menu option under Loans in Circulation
Now select 'Use Buffer File'
The software now asks for the location of the buffer file and what youw ould like the new Due Date to be
Once you are happy with these options select 'Extend'
You can now print the Reject File to see what resources were not extended