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by andyho
Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:14 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: How to paste formatted text into Formats Manager?
Replies: 3
Views: 2541

Re: How to paste formatted text into Formats Manager?

Jon, that was exactly it. To fix, I went to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts to redefine Command-V as "Paste". Also redefined Shift-Option-Command-V as "Paste and Match Style".

Command-V now works as expected. Thank you!
by andyho
Wed Mar 13, 2019 6:45 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: How to paste formatted text into Formats Manager?
Replies: 3
Views: 2541

How to paste formatted text into Formats Manager?

I've created a formatted text string to define field order using Formats Manager. Example: a. “t.” f v (d): p–, $Accessed $u3, u4.{ $doi: $u17^ z}`.` where the f is italicized. The problem is, pasting this text string into Formats Manager loses the formatting (i.e., the italics). I don't want to re-...
by andyho
Sat Mar 09, 2019 11:13 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Genealogy?
Replies: 4
Views: 11128

Re: Genealogy?

Alan, I'm nowhere close to that. I've just started using Bookends to manage genealogical references. Evidence Explained (Elizabeth Shown Mills) has 170 QuickCheck citation types. Since Bookends is limited to 40 types, I've adopted the following approach. 1. For each of the 170 QuickCheck models, cre...
by andyho
Tue Mar 05, 2019 6:42 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Genealogy?
Replies: 4
Views: 11128

Re: Genealogy?

Yes, it is possible to set up citations in accordance with Evidence Explained (3rd Ed.), an 895-page reference book about genealogical citation by Elizabeth Shown Mills. Defining custom citations requires going into Biblio > Formats Manager. To test this, I've defined two small examples that generat...