You can customize the available hours for each operatory in each clinic.
Notes:
An operatory's settings for a clinic apply to all computers and every Appointment Book view with that clinic and operatory assigned to it.
Configuring the operatory setup for Appointment Book requires the "Appointment, Setup Operatory" security right.
To set up an operatory
While viewing the operatories for a clinic in Appointment Book (the view does not have be displaying all operatories), on the Setup menu, click Operatory Setup.
If applicable, do one of the following:
If the Password - Appointments, Setup Operatory dialog box appears, user verification has been assigned to the "Appointment, Setup Operatory" task. Do one of the following:
If your user account has been granted the "Appointment, Setup Operatory" security right, enter your credentials in the User ID and Password boxes, and then click OK.
If your user account has not been granted the "Appointment, Setup Operatory" security right, have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can set up operatories this one time. The overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
If a message appears, informing you that you do not have rights to this operation, your user account has not been granted the "Appointment, Setup Operatory" security right. To have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can set up operatories this one time, do the following:
On the message, click Yes.
In the Password - Appointment, Setup Operatory dialog box, the overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
The Operatory Setup dialog box appears.
In the list, select the correct operatory.
Click Setup.
The Operatory Setup dialog box appears.
Under Default Schedule, for each day of the week that the operatory is available, to set the hours, do the following:
If the checkbox is selected, but you want to close that day, clear the checkbox. Ignore step 6.
If the checkbox is clear, but you want to enter the hours for that day, select the checkbox.
The Set Time Limits dialog box appears. Proceed to step 6.
If the checkbox is selected, but you want to change the hours for that day, click the search button 
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The Set Time Limits dialog box appears. Proceed to step 6.
In the Set Time Limits dialog box, you can divide up the available hours for the day into one to three time ranges. The operatory is considered unavailable during times that are not included in the specified time ranges. For each time range, do any of the following to add or edit the Start Time and/or End Time as needed:
Enter a time in the corresponding box.
Note: You can enter a time using various formats. For example, you can type 8a, 8am, or 8 AM; 1p, 1pm, or 1 PM; 8:30a, 8:30am, or 8:30 AM; or 1:30p, 1:30pm, or 1:30 PM.
To use the time selector, do the following:
Click the corresponding search button .
The Select Time dialog box appears.
Do any of the following:
Drag the slider left or right to decrease or increase the time.
Click the left arrow button to decrease the time one appointment unit at a time (the length is determined by the clinic's time block size).
Click the right arrow button to increase the time one appointment unit at a time (the length is determined by the clinic's time block size).
Click between the slider and the left arrow to decrease the time one hour at a time.
Click between the slider and the right arrow to increase the time one hour at a time.
Click OK.
Note: None of the time ranges can overlap.
Click OK.