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Connexion client macros

Share macros

OCLC encourages Connexion client users who use macros to automate routine cataloging tasks to share macros. Click one of the following links to visit macro sites supplied by Connexion client users. If you would like OCLC to link to your macro site, please contact us using Help, Contact Support from within the Connexion client (publishing a direct e-mail link on this Web page results in much unwanted spam).

Joel Hahn’s macros

Please contact Merry Morris at computerwhizzard@juno.com or morrism@library.phila.gov to receive a zip file copy of Morris' simple macros.

Walt Nickeson's macros

Learn about macros

In Connexion client, you can use a macro editor to write macros “from scratch” or use a macro recorder to capture your actions in macros that the client writes for you.

See the Connexion Client Guide, Basics: Use Macros, for more information, or access the same information in the client Help.

Macro lessons for beginners

  • OCLC Macro Language for the Complete Beginner
    Written and provided by Joel Hahn, Niles Public Library District, Niles, Illinois

    In twelve user-friendly, easy lessons, learn how to create macros for automating routine cataloging tasks using the Connexion client.

Slide presentations on macros

June 2005 ALA session on using Connexion macros

  • View a slide presentation or listen to a recording (Windows Media Player required) of Harvey Hahn and Joel Hahn's session titled "OCLC Connexion Macros: Using Connexion Commands to Accomplish Cataloging Tasks," held June 27, 2005, at ALA in Chicago.
  • Download ala2005.mbk, a macro book of macros demonstrated during the session using Connexion client.