Service Notes

This is the third of seven tasks described in this user manual for modifying a PCM itinerary.

NOTE: There is no particular order in which tasks need to be completed - the numbering is simply for reference.

The full list is:

  1. Service Notes
  2. Voucher Text
  3. Service Notes (this task)
  4. Product Notes
  5. Change Base Date
  6. Manage Days
  7. Insert PCM

The Service Notes screen allows notes specific to this service, in this PCM to be entered.

The notes entered here can be output on messages; e.g. Agent Confirmation, Vouchers and Supplier Requests etc.

Insert or update service notes

  1. Search for and retrieve a PCM to work with. If you haven't done this already, see Retrieve an Existing PCM.
  2. NOTE: Notes are presented in summary view, one line per service. You can expand all notes to show full details by clicking the blue + symbol next to the Day/Seq column heading. Alternatively, you can click the + symbol alongside any service to expand the note(s) for just that service.

About the Service Notes fields

  • Whether the note detail is output is determined by the design of the document template, not selections on this screen.

  • There could be many more categories of Service Notes – for example, one for general information; one for accounts information; one for additional itinerary information. By clicking on each of these categories, the notes that have previously been entered (if any) for the service can be viewed.

  • Unlimited text can be added under each category. A Date and Time stamp will be attached to each Note, reflecting the last time it was updated.
The Note categories must first be setup in Code Setup.

(see System Setup User Manual Messaging > Notes).

About the Service Notes formatting fields

The rich text editor section (or body) of the note is a blank page for the PCM note text to be inserted or edited.

The Editing screen has the following items:

Format type Format Option Descriptions
Format Format of the text
Font Font of text (will default from Tourplan INI Setting DEFAULTFONT)
Size Font Size of text (will default from Tourplan INI Setting DEFAULTFONTSIZE)
  Style, Font and Font Size. The available styles and fonts are defaulted from the INI settings noted above. Supported fonts are included in the System Setup User Manual - INI Settings DEFAULTFONT

Bold - highlight the text to be bold faced and click this button

Italics - highlight the text to be italic and click this button

Underline - highlight the text to underlined and click this button

Colour of text – highlight the text to change the colour and click this button

Numbered bullet points - click this button to create a numbered list

Bullet points - click this button to create a bullet pointed list

Left aligned text - click this button to justify text on the left margin

Centre aligned text - click this button to centre text between the left and right margins

Right aligned text - click this button to justify text on the right margin

Insert a URL link – click this button to insert the text you want showing as a hyperlink and insert the required URL

Upload an image – click the upload button to upload an image.

Locate the image file to Open, and select Add

NOTE: Image size guidelines are determined by each user company’s procedures.

Insert a table – click this button to insert a table

Cut text (Ctrl+X), highlight text to be cut and click this button

Copy text (Ctrl+C), highlight the text to be copied and click this button

Paste text (Ctrl+V), place the cursor at the point where copied/cut text is to be placed and click this button

Selecting this button will show the text editor in CSS styling source code