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by slacker
Mon Jul 04, 2016 9:13 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: No italics in quoted text
Replies: 1
Views: 2379

No italics in quoted text

ola Jon, Longtime user. Searched the forums here, but this problem persists in 12.7.2. I am unable to format quoted text in italics or bold. Underline works (in fact, underline persists even after removing it; it comes back and I have to restart the software to remove it). So, for CMS 16 formatting ...
by slacker
Wed Jul 17, 2013 3:03 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Bookends 12 released
Replies: 22
Views: 26366

Re: Bookends 12 released

[ deleted : Jon provides instructions below. I've let him know they should be more easily accessible in a FAQ .txt file provided with BE12 demo & easily accessible on the website under BE12 Buy/Download section for testers using BE11 or upgrading and who need to keep using BE11 while awaiting a ...
by slacker
Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:12 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: using both chicago a (footnotes) & chicago b in same doc
Replies: 4
Views: 4353

Re: using both chicago a (footnotes) & chicago b in same doc

Thanks Jon. Your suggestion is indeed what I figured I'd have to go with. It would be intriguing indeed to see if there would be a way for Bookends to handle such a dual-scan. One way to do it would be to use a special character to determine the TYPE of citation (even better if you could tell Mellel...
by slacker
Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:43 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: using both chicago a (footnotes) & chicago b in same doc
Replies: 4
Views: 4353

using both chicago a (footnotes) & chicago b in same doc

hi folks, Here's an interesting question: can I tell Bookends to scan the main document text for Chicago B (author date) and the footnotes for Chicago A (footnotes)? This isn't as uncommon as it sounds, and is often seen in books. When quoting texts in the document, I want to use Chicago B (author d...
by slacker
Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:21 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Importing from 7.7.5
Replies: 2
Views: 3309

fixed with reinstall

The package must have been corrupted on install of Tiger (?; perhaps the file transfer). Reinstalled with backup copy. Thx to Jon @ tech support for the help.
by slacker
Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:11 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Importing from 7.7.5
Replies: 2
Views: 3309

Importing from 7.7.5

Has anyone else faced the problem of trying to import a 7.x database to 9.x when 7.x no longer opens on Tiger ? Here's the details: I have Bookends 7.7.5. Upon installing 10.4 it no longer opens ("An exception of class NilObjectException was not handled. The application must shut down."). ...