Lending a book
Books lent to friends have a way of not coming back. All My Books records who took what and when it is due, and reminds you when it is late.
Lending a book
- Select the book and choose (F12).
- Choose the person from the drop-down. If they are not there yet, add them first in — a friend card holds a photo, phone, e-mail, address, messenger and your own notes.
- Set how many days to wait for the book to come back.
- Click OK.
The book is marked as loaned in the collection and shows who has it.
Getting it back
Select the book and choose again to close the loan. In on the Debtors tab a double-click on a book returns it too.
Who has your books
- — everything currently out.
- — everything that is late.
- — the full record, from either end: a Books tab showing what happened to a book, and a Friends tab showing what a person has borrowed over the years.
- , the Debtors tab — the short summary.
Correcting the loan history
A loan recorded by mistake, or twice, can be removed from the history. In , on either tab, right-click the loan record and choose Delete record, or select it and press Del. Only single loan records can be deleted, not the book or the friend they are listed under; records from very old collections that lack an internal identifier cannot be deleted either.
The same can be done from the other side, in : click a book in the friend's card for a menu with Remove history item and Clear loan history for past loans, or Return book and Return all books for books the friend still has.
Switch on Overdue debtor reminder on start in . All My Books then tells you about late books when it opens, which is the only way anybody ever remembers to ask for them back.
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