About text strings

Text strings can:

• Be used to supplement constant data
• Include diacritics or special characters
• Include multiple fields

You can:

• Create a text string of data you use frequently to insert in records.
• Insert text strings in bibliographic and authority records and in bibliographic and authority constant data records.

To insert text strings in records:

• Navigate to Tools > Text Strings, select a text string, and use the Apply button.
• Navigate to Tools > Text Strings, select a text string, and use the Keymaps or User Tool button to assign to a keystroke or user tool.
• In the Text Strings quick tool, which displays by default on the toolbar, click the arrow next to the right to view the list, and then click a text string to insert it.