Easiest way to edit multiple fields?

[Cassady]

Hello all,

My library window currently shows Author/Date/Short Title (which I use for the abbreviated Journal-name field)/Journal.

Given that I need to manually enter the "short title" - what I'm doing currently is sorting my library by Journal. I was hoping I could then effect an "iTunes" selection, by selecting all the references of a particular journal, and entering the short title only once, to have that entry then automatically applied to all the others as well, in the same short title field.

I cannot seem to get this right. Is there a workaround that would allow me to enter the 'content' of one field as a once-off, and have it then applied to all the pre-selected list of references automagically?

[Jon]

Did you look at the Global Change options?

Jon
Sonny Software

[Cassady]

Did you look at the Global Change options?

Jon
Sonny Software

Hi Jon,

I assumed the global change would affect the entire library - with one change? I.e. similar to a 'find & replace' on a macro-level?

In my case - I only want to add specific entries for specific references? Would Global Change work here too?

[Jon]

Please see the user guide about the various Global Change options. They all let you modify the selected refs, the hits, or the entire library.

Jon
Sonny Software

[Cassady]

Please see the user guide about the various Global Change options. They all let you modify the selected refs, the hits, or the entire library.

Jon
Sonny Software

[Facepalm]

Thanks Jon - what's that they say about assumptions....

The "move field" and "clear source field thereafter" is a particularly useful subset of the above as well!