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Can you get all the quiz questions below right? If not, this 9-minute video will be worth your time. It is a rapid-fire introduction to the main menu options and keyboard shortcuts for editing MARC fields in Metadata Editor.
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4) To copy a field, highlight it first before pressing Ctrl + C. True True or false?
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False. You can copy the a text string in the subfield box that way, but not the entire field that includes the field tag, indicators, and subfields.To select a field for copying/cutting/deleting, simply by first highlighting the text and then pressing Ctrl+C. To copy an entire field, first place the cursor anywhere in the field, and then press Ctrl+Shift+C. The answer differs from what's demonstrated in the video. Alma introduced dedicated shortcuts for copy/pasting MARC fields in August 2022. |
5) To delete a field, select it and press the Delete key. True or false?
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Place cursor anywhere in the field and press Ctrl + F, the form editor will open. Likewise, the Leader field is edited in the form editor. |
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- MDE menu option "Editing Actions"
- Adding fields and subfields
- Editing leader and 008
- Select / copy / paste / delete one or more fields
- Look up MARC formats
- Link a bib heading to an authority record
- Use templates to add constantly used fields
- Tile two records in the editor
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Cataloging & Inventory Management Training Modules 3: Cataloging, Part 2 (video recording)