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Chapter 3: MARC Editing
To enter special characters using Unicode
1
Open a MARC record.
2
Put your insertion pointer where you want to add a special character.
3
Enter the Unicode value in the form <U+XXXX> where the Xs are
alphanumeric characters.
Any letters that you use can be either uppercase or lowercase. Horizon
displays the Unicode character as soon as you move the pointer out of
the subfield or when you reformat or save the record.
Checking the Spelling in a MARC Record
You can check MARC records for spelling errors. If Horizon cannot find a word
in the spelling dictionary to match a word that it finds in your record, the system
displays the word so that you can correct it or add it to the custom dictionary.
The custom dictionary is a file that Horizon keeps on your local hard drive. The
file accepts any words that you want the system to “learn” and supplements the
main dictionary. If you add words to the custom dictionary that should not be
there, your system administrator can delete them. (For more information on
setting up spell checking for MARC records, see “Setting Up and Maintaining
Spell Check” in the “Setting Up or Changing Valid MARC Record Components”
section of the Cataloging Setup Guide.)
NOTE
The spelling checker searches through only those subfields that have
been flagged to be checked by your system administrator.
To check the spelling in a MARC record
1
Open a MARC record.
2
Choose Tools, Spell Check, or click the Spell Check icon (
editing window toolbar.
) in the
Horizon checks the spelling in all subfields flagged by the system
administrator.
3
Do one of these options:
•
If all words in the subfields are spelled correctly, click OK when
Horizon displays the dialog box telling you that spell checking has
finished with the record:
The task is finished.
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If Spell Checking finds a word that is not in its dictionary, Horizon
displays the Spell Checking window with the word listed in the Not