Macros
Basic text is as simple as it gets. When you type in a shortcut key, wherever the cursor is positioned is where the macro will start typing the text that is stored inside it. So it is important that you are aware of where your cursor is, otherwise you might get strange and unintended results.
You're getting tired of typing in "Washington, D.C." in your 260 field. After all, 225 billion things are published there every minute. The "Text: Washington, D.C." macro found in the symphony-common.mex macro file is just what you need. This macro file is available on the Downloads page. It has been assigned the shortcut key Ctrl+W.
Step 1: Place your cursor where you want the text to appear. In the image below we have placed it in the beginning of the data portion of our 260 field.
Step 2: Type the shortcut key, Ctrl+W, to run the macro. The result is in the image below.
Instead of just typing a line of text, one can also have macros that type the MARC field number and any indicators that go with that field. Again, as above, it is important that you place your cursor in the correct position. Otherwise, things are going to look pretty silly and you'll have to clean up the mess afterwards. For these types of macros, your cursor should always be in the first position of a MARC number data field
Large numbers of books are purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment Fund and this information is recorded in every applicable cataloging record. That's a lot of typing, so there is a macro for this in the common.mex macro file. This macro file is available on the Downloads page. It has the shortcut key of Ctrl+. (hold down the control key and press the period key).
Step 1: Place your cursor in the first position of the MARC field number. Note that everytime you insert a new field in Symphony WorkFlows, your cursor is always in this first position.
Step 2: Type the shortcut key, Ctrl+. (period), to run the macro. The result is in the image below.
