Making a MARC file

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Making a MARC file

• Description
• This tutorial provides a quick overview on making
  MarcEdits mnemonic file format into MARC.

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Table of Contents
This tutorial will covering the following topics.
To get the most out of this tutorial, please
open MarcEdit and follow along.

• Getting Started
• Opening the MARC Tools Dialog
• Setting Options
• Making into MARC
• Remaking files edited in the MarcEditor
• Conclusion

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Getting Started

• To open MarcEdit, simply click on the MarcEdit
  Icon on your Desktop or select MarcEdit from
  Start/Programs/MarcEdit.
• When MarcEdit opens, it will look like the
  picture below.

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Opening the MARC Tools Dialog

• The MARC Tools dialog can be accessed from two
  locations. The first by selecting the File/MARC
  Tools option in the menu and the second by
  selecting the MARC Tools Icon on the main screen.
  See the images below.

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MARC Tools Dialog

• When the MARC Tools Dialog opens, you will see
  the following options
• Input File
• Output File
• Functions
• MarcBreaker
• MarcMaker
• MARC gt XML
• MARC gt Dublin Core

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Setting Options Files

• Input File The input file represents the source
  file, or the file that the action is to take
  place upon. The input file can be set by either
  
• Typing the file name into the Input File Dialog.
• Clicking on the Open icon in the tool bar.
• Output File The output file represents the
  destination file, or the file where the product
  will be saved. The output file can be set by
  either
• Typing the file name into the Output File Dialog
• Clicking on the Save icon in the tool bar.
• Please note, if an output file of the same name
  currently exists, MarcEdit will attempt to
  overwrite it.

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Setting Options Functions

• MarcMaker Use the MarcMaker function when
  converting MarcEdits mnemonic text format back
  into MARC.

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Remaking MarcEditor
The MarcEditor is a built-in text editor
specially designed for editing MARC records in
MarcEdits mnemonic file format. (For more
information on the MarcEditor, see the help file,
or the tutorial called Working with the
MarcEditor). Once users have made their edits in
the MarcEditor, it is possible to remake the
edited file back into MARC. To do this, users
should use one of the two procedures
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Remaking MarcEditor Using the Menu

• Save your edits.
• Select File/Make Current Record(s)
• Select a save file location when prompted.

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Remaking MarcEditor Using the Toolbar

• Save your Edits.
• Click on the following icon
• Select a save file when prompted.

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Conclusion

• In general, MarcEdit provides a fairly simple
  method remaking text files into MARC. After
  reading this tutorial, you should now be able to
• Remake a mnemonic file using the MARC Tools
  dialog.
• Remake an edited file in the MarcEditor.
• If you have suggestions on how this tutorial
  could have been more helpful for you, feel free
  to contact terry.reese_at_orst.edu