Keyboard shortcuts for MARC editor
The ability to create keyboard shortcuts to insert (paste) pre-defined text. Prior to the advanced marc editor added in Polaris 7.6, our catalogers were able to use the program QuickPaste in which we had lines and lines of pre-defined text often used in creating bib records. This was a huge time saver and this no longer works with marc editor.
Some examples of text we programmed are as follows:
Ctrl+Alt+B – opens a list of pre-defined text which our catalogers could select from when creating book records.
‡atext‡btxt‡2rdacontent > inserted into the 336 field
‡avolume‡bnc‡2rdacarrier > inserted into the 338 field
‡aFantasy fiction.‡2lcgft > inserted into the 655 field
Ctrl+Alt+D – opens a list of pre-defined text which our catalogers could select from when creating DVD / Blu-ray records.
‡aFilm adaptations.‡2lcgft > inserted into the 655 field
‡aVideo recordings for the hearing impaired.‡2lcgft > inserted into the 655 field
‡aOriginally released as a motion picture in >inserted into the 500 field
Pam Wills
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Pam Wills
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Our catalogers used to be able to use QuickPaste (similar to PhraseExpress) to enter data in bibliographic records when using WorkFlows with SirsiDynix.
We have hundreds of subject headings and genres, relationship designators, and other information saved in QuickPaste that could be inserted into bib records with easy key combinations. For example, <Control><Alt><S> would provide a dropdown list of 40 or so most commonly used genres that could be inserted easily. Another example is <Control><Alt><V> which would provide a dropdown of about 20 subfield |v inserts. This no longer works with the Leap MARC editor.
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Clara Cao
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Hi Pam:
While we are waiting for the Leap update for the keyword shortcuts or macros, there is an alternative way to do the macros in the browser extension Text Blaze. Those macros are better than the Polaris staff client macro as the accents is much easier to add to the macros in leap, also the macro functions can be modified in Text Blaze, unlike the macro functions in Polaris staff client that can't be changed.
Here are some examples of shortcuts that work in Leap if you copy/paste them in Text Blaze to create some shortcuts:
336 ‡atext‡btxt‡2rdacontent{key:enter}
337 ‡aunmediated‡bn‡2rdamedia{key:enter}
338 ‡avolume‡bnc‡2rdacarrier{key: ctrl-i}{wait: delay=+0.6s}{key: ctrl-a}{key: backspace}336{key: tab}{key: tab}{key: tab}text‡btxt‡2rdacontent{key: ctrl-i}{wait: delay=+0.6s}{key: ctrl-a}{key: backspace}337{key: tab}{key: tab}{key: tab}unmediated‡bn‡2rdamedia{key: ctrl-i}{wait: delay=+0.6s}{key: ctrl-a}{key: backspace}338{key: tab}{key: tab}{key: tab}volume‡bnc‡2rdacarrier
336 ‡astill image‡bsti‡2rdacontent
{key: ctrl-i}{wait: delay=+0.6s}{key: ctrl-a}{key: backspace}336{key: tab}{key: tab}{key: tab}still image‡bsti‡2rdacontent
336 ‡acartographic image‡bcri‡2rdacontent
{key: ctrl-i}{wait: delay=+0.6s}{key: ctrl-a}{key: backspace}336{key: tab}{key: tab}{key: tab}cartographic image‡bcri‡2rdacontent
650 0 ‡aFrench language materials
650 6 ‡aMatériel en français{key: ctrl-i}{wait: delay=+0.6s}{key: ctrl-a}{key: backspace}{wait: delay=+0.2s}650{key: tab}{key: tab}0{key: tab}French language materials{key: ctrl-i}{wait: delay=+0.6s}{key: ctrl-a}{key: backspace}{wait: delay=+0.2s}650{key: tab}{key: tab}0{key: tab}Matériel en français
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Clara
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Laura Leonard
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efficiency
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Fran Penner
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Please add in cataloguing macros - creation/editing of, as well as use of - into Leap. Our cataloguers use these regularly, and it's an important step in moving us away from the Polaris client.
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Lynn Blain
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If you are using the Polaris desktop you can create Macros for each of these text blocks. As a cataloguer I use Macros all the time to fill in common text pieces.