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I'm having continual, never-ending, unacceptable problems with ambiguous citations. In Bookends, I selected: Preferences, Scan&Bib, Cite by, Turabian In Mellel from the edit menu, I then ran Bibliography, Verify Citations. Even though there are no ambiguous citations in the document -- each has ...

Thanks Jon. My experience is mixed: 1) the CONTENT is easy to reference in your library, but it can yield ambiguous results. 2) the UNIQUE ID is bullet proof (i.e., no ambiguity), but I have a terrible time trying to figure out the reference (when the same author has numerous entires in my database)...

Hello, Bookends' preferences allow users to select one of two formats to "cite by" -- (1) Content; (2) author, date, ID. I'm curious, what do others use and why: What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? In a large thesis project with lots of citations, what would those who've bee...

I found a solution: I deleted the items in the database that would not verify (see the Mellel menu; 'verify' is one of the choices under bibliography). I re-entered and it now works as expected.

Thanks Jon
PS You can delete this thread if you like; sorry.

Hello, I running Mellel 2.2.7.1 (latest) and BE 10.1.2 (latest) and keep hitting the wall: When I "Verify Citations" in Mellel, they will not verify. I keep getting unrecognized citations. I've tried: 1) rebuilding the database 2) re-entering the problem citations in BE 3) re-copying the p...

Its been a few months since I've tackled a heavy academic writing task. The current releases of Bookends and Mellel are absolutely awesome! Frankly, it's hard to believe how far these applications have advanced since I began using them some two years ago. Jon, thank you! I—along with many others I...

Thanks. Got it.

Thanks Jon. That's what I suspected, but wanted to double check.

BTW, thanks for the totally awesome support. You're amazing!!!!!!!

Best,
-steve.

Not sure I understand. This much makes sense: after selecting "Scan Document" in Mellel, then uncheck "Make a bibliography after scan." Then, how do I "set it the way I want." Note: what I want it most, but not all, footnotes in the Bibliography. Of course, I could hand...

Jon, Thanks for the quick reply, but I didn't explain well. In a document I want Bookends to normally use Ibid, but occasionally I want to use the full reference. In other words, in a Mellel document, I want Bookends to use Ibid by default, but I want to override Ibid on rare occasion. (When I unche...

Hi,

I use Mellel and Bookends.

I like the automatic scan + generate bibliography option. But, I don't necessarily want all footnote citations included in the bibliography,

Is there a way to automatically exclude a footnote citation from the bibliography?

Thanks!!
-steve.

I uses Mellel and Bookends (an awesome combo!!).

I generally use Ibid for repeated references. But, occasionally, it doesn't fit the note.

Is there a way to force Bookends to cite the reference and not use Ibid?

Thanks,
-steve.

Hi Professor-B,

By chance did you find a more complete Chicago 15A? I too am in need of the same …

Thanks!!

Got it figured out.

Appears as if all Unused Reference Types use the field labels of a Journal. However, you can edit the field labels to match those of a Book. It requires a few changes, but works as advertised.

Thanks,
-s

Hello- Is there a way to change the default fields in an unused reference type? For example, the fields associated with my Unused Reference 1 are for a Journal. I would like the fields to be those of a Book. Is there a way to change the fields? Or, can you only change the field labels? thanks!! -steve