How many lines
Used in Mail Merge – the number of lines needed at the top of a letter to allow for your letterhead

Normal Word template
the file used as your normal template – usually Normal.dot but you can change it.

Default entry date
This will normally read 01/09/2009 where 2009 is the start of the next academic year

External exam entry type
You can choose whether to have the Standard exam entry comprising Maths, English, Verbal Reasoning and Reading or Subject based exam entry where each exam can be specified separately.

Pupil card type
The default here is the standard pupil card (a summary of basic pupil data often used as a paper-based backup) but there are other options. Please consult Furlong for advice about these.
Expected leaving age
This is used for automatic allocation to cohorts. In a secondary school this would normally be 18 – in a prep. school 11 or 13.

Bus pass name
If you are using the bus system you may want a customised pass for users of school transport. Once created this should be selected here – otherwise the default (BusPass) will be used.

Loaded latest help system
This is no longer used.

cc ideas to
Any user can use the Suggestions button on the toolbar to send a suggestion for improvement to Furlong. If you wish a copy of this to be always sent to someone in the school (e.g. the data manager) then the Email address should be entered here.

Parent evening gap/favour
The default values used by the Parent Evening module. You can either have no automatic gap between parent appointments or the length of one or two appointments. The scheduling algorithm can either favour parents or teachers.

Current Academic Year
Check that this is correct

Max periods per day
Complete the maximum periods per day and days per week – these are used in the timetable.

Max No of registration periods
This should be set to how many times you do attendance registration in the week.

Bus pass variable
This is a string used when printing bus passes – consult FBS before using this and the bus section

Blank period text
This appears on pupil timetables if they do not have a timetabled lesson – ‘Study period’ is a common setting.

Use alternate Checksheet recipient
If you tick this box a text field appears in which you can enter an alternative to the default setting for the recipient name for returned sheets on the Pupil Check Sheet (e.g. The Registrar, The School Secretary)

Standard Finance Invoice
The document used for invoicing by the finance system. Normally this will be customised for you and you will be told the name to enter here.

Standard Letter
You need to use the Merge Letter form to create a standard letter which is used when you click the Letter button on a pupil contact record. Enter the name of the Merge Letter here.

Staff Name Format
This is used in a variety of locations within SchoolBase, most commonly when choosing a teacher from a dropdown. Choose your preferred setting here.

Assessment Shortcut Key
When writing reports (including Additional reports) pressing the key chosen here inserts the pupil's name. By default it is a #. The format of the name can be Given name (default), First name or Report name.

Force spell check on Report Writers
If ticked this will ensure that spell checking is enforces on subject comments in RepWriteN01 and RepWriteN02.

Limit Phone List
If ticked this will limit the Phone Type in the dropdown for a contact telephone number to just those already used. You can use Phone Sorter to clean up this data and remove unnecessary duplicates.