Search for Special Authors

Some correspondence may require special handling depending on who wrote or submitted them. CLIFF makes keeping track of these ‘Special Authors’ easy. Any number of Special Authors may be added to CLIFF, and each can be designated with one or both of two custom checkboxes. Special Authors may be defined through Table Maintenance.

When you are creating a new Log CLIFF automatically searches for a match in the Special Authors table. The search is based on:

  • the initial of the author’s First Name
  • the author’s Last Name
  • the City of the author’s address

    If CLIFF finds a match in the Special Author table, a window is displayed showing the found author(s):


    If one or more authors are found click on the author name line to select the one you want.

    You may alter the criteria and repeat the search if necessary.

    If you do not want to update the Log, simply close the window.

    By clicking on the icon in the Log Toolbar you can perform a search for Special Authors anytime a Log is open .

    NOTE:The Special Authors feature is optional; if there are no entries in the Special Authors table, CLIFF will not search for a match.