Paper Section

Circulation supports advanced publishing—the distribution of certain sections of the newspaper before the publishing date. For example, a newspaper might distribute the Sunday Comics section to carriers on Wednesday; the carriers would insert the comics into the rest of the paper when it was dropped on Sunday. Defining section names is necessary, because the section names print on the bundle tops and truck manifests in the advanced publishing run. See the User Manual for more information about advanced publishing.

If you have InsertPlus, the sections can also be used there.

To define newspaper sections:

• In character Circulation, select Paper Section from the Products menu to display the Paper Section Setup screen.

  
• Select Add and define the paper section in the fields described in the table below.

  Field	Type	What to enter
  PAPER SECTION	open (8)	Enter an ID for this section.
  DESCRIPTION	open (30)	Enter a description for this section.

• Select Specifics | Deliverable Section to link the section with a publication (see below).

• Select Accept to enter the section into the database.

Specifics, Deliverable Section

Once a newspaper section is set up, it must be linked to all of the publications that will use it, for the appropriate days.

To link a section with a publication:

• Select Specifics | Deliverable Section from the Paper Section Setup screen to display the Deliverable Section Setup screen.

  
• Select Add and complete the following fields.

  Field	Type	What to enter
  PRODUCT	setup	Enter a product that uses this section.
  PAPER SECTION	display	The section will be displayed from the Paper Section Setup screen.
  START DATE, END DATE	date	Enter the date range during which this paper section will be active with this publication. You do not need to enter an end date.
  VALID	yes/no	Indicate the days of the week that this section will be used by this publication.
  MODEL	setup	Alternate editions are assigned to the regular publishing run on an ad hoc basis in PUBLISHING | EDITION OVERRIDE. This field accomplishes the same thing for advance publishing runs. For example, if route 12 has edition Metro, but should receive the advance sections for the State edition, an edition model could be set up for edition State and specified here. Route 12 would then have the Metro edition for regular publishing runs but the State edition in advance publishing. Alternate editions can only be used in advance publishing if advance draw is kept at the section level (as governed by Business Rules).
  WEIGHT	decimal	Enter the weight of the section for each valid day of the week. This will be used to calculate the total weight of the truck.
  PAGES	integer	Enter the number of pages for this section for each valid day of the week.

• Select Accept to accept the section/publication link. Link the section to another product or press F4 and select Exit to return to the Paper Section Setup screen.