The Diacritic Button bar shows a graphic representation of the available special characters on buttons. You can click the buttons to place the special characters in the MARC record where you have your insertion pointer. You can select a character list to display the set of buttons that you use most often.
You can customize the Diacritic Button 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.)
To enter special characters using the Diacritic Button bar
1 | Open a MARC record. |
2 | If the Diacritic Button bar is not open, choose View, Diacritic Button Bar, or click the Toggle Diacritic Button Bar icon ( ![]() |
Here is the Diacritic Button bar with the ALA Diacritics group of buttons displayed:
3 | Do any of these options, as necessary: |
• | To see more characters, click the Expand button ( ![]() |
• | To get a pop‑up menu of other character lists, right‑click the Diacritic Button bar. |
Horizon displays this window:
4 | If you want to choose a different character group for the Diacritic Button bar, do one of these options: |
To choose a character group from the pop‑up list |
To choose a character group from the full list |
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Horizon displays the characters from that group in the Diacritic Button bar. |
Horizon shows the Select Button Group window.
Horizon displays the characters from that group in the Diacritic Button bar. The next time you open the pop‑up list, your most recent choice displays at the top of the list of eight group options with a check mark beside it. |
5 | To remove the Diacritic Button bar from the workspace, click the Hide docked window button ( ![]() ![]() |
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