Format manager issue

[nicolinux]

Hi !

I'm using a personalized format for citations, but it doesn’t work as expected today (I don't remember when it worked, but a few days ago it did). Instead of having the right case, I get this : "BERNIER E., BÉDARD Y. ET LAMBERT M., 2003, « Cartographie sur demande sur le web et bases de données multidimensionnelles. De la personnalisation par couches cartographiques à la personnalisation par occurrences », \emph{Revue Internationale de Géomatique} n°13-3, pp.339-360."

So what's supposed to be italicized is indicated as \emph{}, and the authors where supposed to be written with small Caps... I checked the formats manager, there's nothing wrong.



Same thing appends when I use built-in formats, like APA for instance : "E., B., Y., B., \& M., L. (2003). Cartographie sur demande sur le web et bases de données multidimensionnelles. De la personnalisation par couches cartographiques à la personnalisation par occurrences. \emph{Revue Internationale de Géomatique}, \emph{13-3}, 339-360."

I'm using the last update (10.5.2), and Mac OS X 10.5.6...

Thank you for your help !

[Jon]

Hi,

The first problem is that the text is being formatted as if it were for BibTeX (perhaps it was inadvertently set to this). To fix it, use Biblio -> Bibliography Formatter and set the output to "Styled Text". Make that the default.

If there are still issues after you've corrected this please contact tech support directly.

Jon
Sonny Software

[nicolinux]

Thanks, it fixes my problem, inded...

Bookends is certainly powerful, but also very hard to learn and use, in my opinion...

[Jon]

You might take the tutorial, if you haven't done it already. It's in the same folder as Bookends.

Jon
Sonny Software

[nicolinux]

I did, but I haven't the time to read it completely.

I tried every bibliography applications (well every application I could afford, so not Endnote) and in the end, I still think Bookends is the best one. But I wish sometimes it was easier to use it. For instance, I'm still trying to figure out how it works will Mellel : I do exactly what I'm told, and sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t...

[Jon]

To be clear, the Tutorial is rather short (I don't mean the User Guide, which is more of a reference work). But even the Tutorial will take an hour or more to complete. I do suggest that you read individual sections of the User Guide that deal with areas you use a lot (for example, how formats work).

Our User Guide covers the Bookends/Mellel interactions, but not really how Mellel handles citations and citation objects. That's a function of Mellel, and is covered (in some detail, I believe) in its User Guide. There is overlap, of course, but I'd read that to get a firm understanding of how Mellel deals with citations. Feel free to write to tech support (ours or theirs) if you have questions.

Jon
Sonny Software

[nicolinux]

Oh, you're right, I thought you meant the User Guide. I think I've never read the tutorial, so I'll try to do it...

Thanks for your answers, anyway !