Follett VERSION 6.00 - Manual (Page 252)

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View window, click Save; or, from the selection list, highlight the desired
record, select File | Add Title, and click Yes to the message asking if you
want to duplicate the record. You can then edit it, if needed, and add copies.
S To create a bibliographic record from scratch, select File | Add Title, and then
either Easy (Editor) or MARC (Editor). If it appears, click No to the message
asking if you want to duplicate the record. If you choose the MARC Editor,
you'll need to select the appropriate template.
S To duplicate one of your own bibliographic records for editing, highlight it
and select File | Add Title and either Easy (Editor) or MARC (Editor). Click
Yes to the message asking if you want to duplicate the record.
S To create an authority record, select File | Add Authority or click +
Authority. If it appears, click No to the message asking if you want to
duplicate the record. Select the appropriate template.
S To duplicate an authority record for editing, highlight it and select
File | Add Authority. Click Yes to the message asking if you want to
duplicate the record.
To continue, see Chapter 22, Using the Easy Editor," or Chapter 23, Using the
MARC Editor."
Tip: To open your preferred editor, click + Title. To change your preferred editor,
see Setting up miscellaneous Cataloging options" on page 55.
If you have another source of records, use one of Cataloging's import options to
add the records to your database. For more information, see Chapter 25,
Importing MARC records."
From the MARC View window, you can edit the record or work with its copies:
S To edit a bibliographic record, select File | Edit Title, and either the Easy
Editor or the MARC Editor, click the Edit button on toolbar, or from the Book
Cart double-click a record or highlight a record and click the Edit button. For
instructions on creating and editing records, go to Chapter 22, Using the
Easy Editor," or Chapter 23, Using the MARC Editor."
S To edit an authority record, click Edit. To continue, see Chapter 23, Using
the MARC Editor."
S To add, edit, or delete a copy, see Chapter 24, Working with copies."
To run an autorecon on a group of records, or transfer them to MARC Magician,
start by adding them to the Book Cart. For more information, see page 346.
Deleting a MARC record
To delete a MARC record and all its copies, bring up the MARC record in the
MARC View window. Click Delete, or select File | Delete Record.
Warning: Once you verify the deletion, you cannot stop or reverse the process.
If the MARC record has copies that were checked out or have some other
pending transaction, a message appears asking you to confirm the deletion. If an
exception report is generated, you are given an opportunity to view and save it.