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by myeary
Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:01 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Faster resolution of ambiguous citations?
Replies: 6
Views: 5909

Re: Faster resolution of ambiguous citations?

Thank you for your suggestion. Yes, I have tried the command-Y switch-and-paste method, but I prefer not to, for two reasons:

One: it's not any faster. the time it takes to switch applications, look up an author (from a database of about 1000 entries), and switch back is about the time it takes me ...
by myeary
Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:23 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Faster resolution of ambiguous citations?
Replies: 6
Views: 5909

Re: Faster resolution of ambiguous citations?

Hi Jon,

Thanks for the tip! Proofreading does the trick.

(I'd still like to make the case for limiting as stated above, though; there's still a lot of clicking to do when proofreading a 50-page document. I guess it comes down to me regarding the "temporary" citation markers as rather non-temporary ...
by myeary
Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:40 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Faster resolution of ambiguous citations?
Replies: 6
Views: 5909

Faster resolution of ambiguous citations?

Hi Jon,

I've been doing a lot of citation scanning as I wrap up my diss, and I had a thought that might make a useful feature: allow the user to limit the fields that are searched when "try to resolve ambiguous citations" is selected. (Disclaimer: I don't use unique identifiers in my citations. I ...
by myeary
Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:15 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Wildcards for "Don't change case:"
Replies: 6
Views: 5490

Wildcards for "Don't change case:"

Hello,

One issue that I've come across is the need to preserve case with suffixes or partial words. The most common example would be ordinal numbers: "19th" becomes "19Th" in title case, and simply adding "th" to the list of "Don't change case" terms does not help. Only when "th" appears by itself ...
by myeary
Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:54 pm
Forum: Looking for import filters...
Topic: Univ of Chicago
Replies: 7
Views: 12943

Thanks!

I unzipped and installed the file, and it seems to work just fine. Thanks!

- Mark
by myeary
Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:56 am
Forum: Looking for import filters...
Topic: Univ of Chicago
Replies: 7
Views: 12943

also looking for help

I second this -- tried to cobble something together myself, but still stuck with "0 references imported". Anyone else have some luck with this?

Thanks,

Mark