The Diacritic Shortcut bar lists commonly used special characters, the keystrokes that can create those characters, and a description of each character. You can perform the keystrokes that create a specific character with or without displaying the Diacritic Shortcut bar. However, if the Diacritic Shortcut bar is open, you can double‑click your choice from the list to have it entered at the insertion point.
You can customize the Diacritic Shortcut bar to include the special characters that you use most often. (For instructions, see “Creating or Editing a Diacritic Shortcut” in the “Customizing Diacritics” chapter of the Launcher Configuration Guide.)
In the Shortcut column, all the keyboard letters display as uppercase. However, if the keystroke combination does not include pressing the SHIFT key (for example, F7,A), then type the letter without shifting. The CAPS LOCK key can be on or off while you enter these shortcuts, as it does not affect the codes.
To enter special characters using the Diacritic Shortcut bar
1 | Open a MARC record. |
2 | To display the Diacritic Shortcut bar, choose View, Diacritic Shortcut Bar, or click the Toggle Diacritic Shortcut Bar icon ( ![]() |
Horizon displays the Diacritic Shortcut bar:
3 | Put your insertion pointer where you want to add a special character. |
4 | Do one of these options: |
• | Press the key combination from the Shortcut column for the character that you want. |
• | Double‑click the shortcut, character, or description of the character that you want. |
Note: Depending on the font you use, a character in the Characters column may show a lighter small “o” with a mark near it to indicate a mark that combines with a letter in the manner shown. These are called “Combining Diacritical Marks.” When you invoke this kind of character, the mark combines with the letter to the left of the insertion pointer.
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