Choosing Field Options

You can use different colors and font attributes for these parts of a MARC record:

Cataloging fields
Error text
Web links
Delimiters
Read‑only fields

Horizon comes with certain colors and font attributes already set as default. (For example, black text indicates variable field data, red text indicates an error, blue and underlined text indicates a link to another record, a slightly different shade of blue and underlining indicates a Web link, and so forth.) You can use the default settings as they are, or you can customize them.

You can use different colors and font attributes on a record to help you recognize the different kinds of information in the record. (For example, you can use green for subfield codes and black for subfield information.) You can also apply different font attributes, such as bold and underline, to set off specialized text from the rest of the record. If you mark errors by color, you can recognize the errors in a record without having to open the error messages window. (You must have error checking turned on for the color to display. For more information, see Activating Error Checking in Records.)

You can set the font color and attributes for the individual components of a record, such as fixed‑field elements, fixed‑field labels, indicators, and so forth. However, the color settings for error text, Web links, delimiters, and read‑only text override the component settings.

You can also use different font attributes to display linked text in a MARC record. Horizon displays linked text attributes whether or not the focus is on that particular link. This helps you identify linked text.

Here are the default color and font attributes for the parts of a MARC record:

Fixed‑Field Elements. The data in fixed fields displays in green.
Fixed‑Field Label. The labels for fixed field elements display in gray.
Indicator. Indicators display in brown.
Indicator Label. Indicator labels display in gray.
Linked‑Field Data. Information linked to an authority or other type of linking record displays in dark blue and is underlined.
Subfield Code. Subfield codes display in purple.
Subfield Delimiter. Subfield delimiters display in purple.
Subfield Label. Subfield labels display in gray.
Tag Label. Tag labels display in gray.
Tag Number. Tag numbers display in blue.
Unlinked‑Field Data. Information in a linking field that is not linked displays in dark blue.
Variable Field Data. Variable field information displays in black.

Here are the default color and font attributes for types of text and markers:

Error Text. If you enter an invalid tag, indicator, subfield delimiter, or other component (for example, a subfield that has not been defined or that is not repeatable), Horizon displays the text in red.
Delimiters. Markers that you enter to identify special text display in orange. (This does not apply to subfield delimiters.)
Web-Links. Web-links display in blue and are underlined.
Read‑Only. Read‑only fields display in green.

The color settings for these items override any settings that you make for the other parts of a MARC record.

Make sure that any colors that you choose on the Field tab contrast with the background color of your MARC records so that you can see and identify the cataloging record parts.

To choose field options

1 In the Customize Editor, click the Field tab. (For instructions, see Opening the Customize Editor.)

Horizon displays the Field tab of the Customize Editor:

2 Choose the element or field that you want to change from the Name drop‑down list.
3 Choose the color that you want from the color options on the Foreground Text drop‑down list.
4 Mark any options (bold, italic, underline, and so forth) that you want to apply to the text.
5 If you want to change attributes for another element or field, repeat steps See "Choose the element or field that you want to change from the Name drop‑down list." through See "Mark any options (bold, italic, underline, and so forth) that you want to apply to the text." until you have changed the colors and attributes for all the elements or fields that you want to change.
6 Use the appropriate drop-down list to choose the color that you want to use for any of these options:
Error Text
Web‑Links
Delimiters
Read‑only
7 Click OK to save your changes.

 


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