Creating a new reference type from an existing one

[joseph_anton]

I would like to be able to take the existing "Dissertation" reference type and modify it to produce a new "Dissertation chapter" reference type (following the example of "Book" / "Book Chapter"). Is there any easy way to base a new reference type on an existing one without manually copying the fields across?

[Jon]

Are you talking about doing this in the Format Manager? Or where?

Jon
Sonny Software

[joseph_anton]

I had been looking at Reference Types under Refs in the Preference pane actually.

[Jon]

In that case you rename an Unused Type and edit the field names (in the same tab in Preferences). Typically you would want to change just a few of the field names (there is no copying involved, just enter them from the keyboard). There's nothing else you need to do.

Jon
Sonny Software