Setting a holiday schedule

You can set holidays or other days when you will close the entire practice.

To set a holiday schedule

1.   In the Schedule toolbar, click the Setup button, and then click Practice Schedule.

The Schedule Calendar for Practice dialog box appears.

 

2.   Select the day that you want to close your practice.

3.   To close the office for a day other than a holiday, click Office Closed, and then from the menu, select Close Office on selected date.

The day you selected is signified according to the legend at the bottom of the Schedule Calendar for Practice dialog box.

·        To re-open the office on a day you previously scheduled to be closed, click Office Closed, and then from the menu, select Open Office.

4.   To set a yearly holiday, such as Christmas, click Office Closed, and then from the menu, select Set Yearly Holiday on selected day.

·        To delete a yearly holiday previously set in the system, click Office Closed, and then from the menu, select Delete Holiday.

Note: Be sure that the day being changed to closed or holiday does not already have appointments scheduled. If the day does have appointments scheduled, you must reschedule the appointments.

5.   To change the available time ranges for a day, double-click the day.

The Set Time Limits dialog box appears.

a.   To change a time block, click the Start Time or End Time search button of the time block that you want to change.

The Select Time dialog box appears.

b.   Click the left arrow to decrease or the right arrow to increase the time, and then click OK.

6.   When you have finished setting up your practice schedule, click Close.

You can return to the practice schedule to make changes at any time.