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by tom
Mon Aug 08, 2005 8:40 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: New user observations
Replies: 12
Views: 10257

The group has 124 references -- that's useful to know, and that's what Bookends tells you -- the number of references in the set you are looking at (whether it be All, Hits, or a group) Hi Jon, this is not logic to me. I would expect the number of references in the set out of the total number of re...
by tom
Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:12 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: New user observations
Replies: 12
Views: 10257

Re: New user observations

I don't think that the digits in the "Showing xxx of xxx hits" should be in bold face. This throws the typeforms of each of these words slightly out of alignment. I don't think that the bold face adds any information. I'm happy to accept feedback from others, too. It would be trivial to u...
by tom
Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:00 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Sort databse
Replies: 9
Views: 6869

would be a nice feature (to have a secondary order by e.g. shift-clicking a second column)....
by tom
Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:47 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Sort databse
Replies: 9
Views: 6869

another question:

the list view is sorted on the column when clicking on the header of it. But I find no way out to get a secondary order...
by tom
Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:35 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Sort databse
Replies: 9
Views: 6869

just an addition: the column header that you're clicking on sorts the list view. The position of the column doesn't matter. Once a List View is open, that's true. But when it opens, before you have a chance to click on a column header, the list is initially sorted on the first column (and the date ...
by tom
Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:11 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Sort databse
Replies: 9
Views: 6869

Jon wrote:...(they are sorted by the first column, unually Author)
just an addition: the column header that you're clicking on sorts the list view. The position of the column doesn't matter.

tom
by tom
Wed Aug 03, 2005 4:38 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: edited books: editors or authors?
Replies: 14
Views: 11346

In my opinion this is not a good idea. How do you cite an edited book when you do not refer to an author/chapter? You can't replace the authors' field by the editors (because they are NOT the authors); instead you have to enter a space-filling like --- or "multiple authors" into the author...
by tom
Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:09 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: edited books: editors or authors?
Replies: 14
Views: 11346

As I mentioned above, I use both - authors and editors. In biology this is very common.
by tom
Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:33 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: edited books: editors or authors?
Replies: 14
Views: 11346

Re: followup

Is there any conceivable case where you might have both? Rick in all the cases where you cite a chapter of an edited book (and this is what I usually do)...here an example how I cite an edited book (authors, date, title, editors, ser. title:volume, publisher, city, pages): Geissmann T, Possedko M, ...
by tom
Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:23 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: edited books: editors or authors?
Replies: 14
Views: 11346

Jon wrote:The editor of an edited book is -- an editor.
...and is followed by (ed) or (eds) in the bibliography (at least in the styles that I use)
by tom
Mon Aug 01, 2005 5:24 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: edited books: editors or authors?
Replies: 14
Views: 11346

Hi Rick,
Maybe I'm missing the point of your question. However I strongly recommend to put the authors in the authors field and the editors in the editors field....
tom
by tom
Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:24 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: database engine error
Replies: 3
Views: 3651

Jon wrote:Yes, rebuild...
done and problem disappeared (uff). do you recommend to do rebuilds regulary (e.g. once per week? or per month?)
by tom
Wed Jun 29, 2005 9:34 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: database engine error
Replies: 3
Views: 3651

database engine error

Hi Jon,
I have a database engine error:
record "0" does not exist in table "thereferences"
after I do a "remove duplicates" (BE detected 2 duplicates). What should I do? rebuild?
tom
by tom
Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:28 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Bookends Suggestions:
Replies: 11
Views: 9555

Re: Bookends Suggestions:

5) maintain search word accross group switch so one can change groups and not have to retype the search phrase I think that's likely to cause more problems (confusion) than it solves, I'm afraid. I don't think it's confusing. It happens often to me that I search a ref and do not find it - because i...
by tom
Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:55 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: importing to hits list without replacing it
Replies: 3
Views: 4113

Jon wrote:You mean from the Internet Search window?
No. Rather from a text file by drag and drop. I usually download the ref from the publisher's site at the time when I download the pdf. I do this article per article that I don't mix up pdf and ref. At the end I like to see my new acquisitions