Output formats/Templates

The appearance of all output from InfoMine is determined by the output format you select when outputting it. Output formats are a simple and powerful way for you to:

• Select the source of the records (a Stock view, a Catalogue, a Customers view, a Distribution List, etc)

• Select the fields to be included (Author, title, FirstName, etc,

• Specify the field order (Author followed by Title etc)

• Specify any character formatting to be applied to each field (bold, italic, uline)

• Specify any text to be included between field data (surround field's data with text)

• Specify criteria for sorting the records by(e.g. sort by catsection, then by title, then by author etc)

• Set the max line length (if > 0, a carriage return is inserted after the max line length specified)

• Specify the destination for the output from a list including Word, HTML, Text and others.

InfoMine comes with numerous output formats already set up which can handle most of your needs for production of hardcopy catalogues as well as Web page production and maintaining your on-line records on Online bookstores (OLBs).

See Setting up an Output Format if no existing format meets your needs.