Oxygen setup: line wrap setting is found under the Options menu: Preferences> Editor> Edit Modes> Text.
You can save a set of tabs in your browser and open them with one click. Bookmark websites to a folder. Open the bookmark manager or library. Right-click on a folder and select “Open all in tabs”.
if an incoming letter mentions an enclosure but it is not present in the folder, make at note in the abstract: Enclosure not with letter.
Mention in the abstract any handwritten notes or corrections on documents, except for filing instructions at the tops of documents (General, Personal, name of client).
make sure there is a space after period for initials in names (W. E. B. Du Bois - correct, W.E.B. Du Bois - wrong)
make sure there is an authority in names: almost always NAF or local
save every time you do anything in the local authority files – save after every little change so that it updates when others are working at the same time.
duplicate form letters to many recipients: if you come across a stack of form letters (same content) addressed to many people, catalog those as one record with title “Letter from XXX to multiple recipients”. Based on interest of content and amount of names, make a decision on whether to include recipients' names in the abstract. Add genre term “form letters”.
items with a date range: create two <dateCreated> entries, one for each part of the date range. Add point=“start” to the first entry and point=“end” in the second entry. keyDate=“yes” should only be on the earliest entry for correct sorting. <mods:dateCreated keyDate=“yes” encoding=“w3cdtf” point=“start”>1967-07</mods:dateCreated><mods:dateCreated encoding=“w3cdtf” point=“end”>1967-08</mods:dateCreated>
names/words with accents should be encoded with the accent characters. Use the Oxygen character map (under the Edit menu) to look up the code that properly inserts the accented character. Use the “decimal” (not hexidecimal) code. To make sure it is searchable in Credo, I recommend using the plain text version in the abstract. Example: Pelé in title and name elements and Pele in abstract.
do not use double quotes in titles – the system will screw them up
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for royal/titled names that are in LOC Name Authority, it's a good idea to check the MARC format to see how LOC has parsed the name elements. Example: “Wellington, Charles Wellsely, Duke of, 1945-” (LOC). Title: “Letter from XXX to Charles Wellsely, Duke of Wellington”