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by Michael Bywater
Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:15 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Place, Publisher: Date -- Formatting problem
Replies: 6
Views: 6284

Thanks... (SWAPS FORMAT) Ah... but with *that* one, if I don't know the publisher, I get, for example, (London:, 2006)

Ho hum... I shall keep fiddling. Or possibly just use good old-fashioned "n.p." if place of publication is unknown.
by Michael Bywater
Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:00 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Place, Publisher: Date -- Formatting problem
Replies: 6
Views: 6284

Place, Publisher: Date -- Formatting problem

Same old story -- I know what I want but I'm damned if I can get it...

Here's what I want.

If I enter everything, I want

Author, title (Place: Publisher, 2006)

If I don't know the Place, I want

Author, title (Publisher, 2006)

If I don't know the Publisher, I want

Author, title (Place, 2006 ...
by Michael Bywater
Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:11 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Internet Search (ex-Reference Miner
Replies: 1
Views: 3185

Internet Search (ex-Reference Miner

How about having Internet Search mode open to whatever it was last time you used it? I *always* want Amazon, for example, to open in Expert mode & it would be nice if it would do so.
by Michael Bywater
Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:06 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Punctuation in references
Replies: 1
Views: 3301

Punctuation in references

With some of the punctuation tweaks in the latest release, I wonder if it's time to petition for another one.

I work in humanities and we largely use MHRA style, or a subset of it. In common with a lot of styles, it requires publication data as

City: Publisher, Date

If (as often happens, esp ...