Cite While Your write (CWYW)

[dspedersen]

I have searched the board but not really found any answers. My question is this:

Will there, eventually, be introduced some kind of CWYW function for BE to work with Word 04/08, as there is in EN? And what are the technical hindrances keeping BE from having a CWYW-function?

So far I haven't been missing the feature but helping out some master students at the university where I'm working gave me the opportunity to try out the CWYW of EN, as it is offered for free for all employees and students here at the University of Copenhagen. I was surprised how well it actually worked out and I really like the instant formatting, as you can see for instance how many pages you've actually written as the temporary in-text citations of BE is quite space consuming. Also, the CWYW is quite appealing to students, when they have to choose between BE and EN, though BE in all other disciplines are so much more advanced and far ahead than EN; nevertheless, it seems like the CWYW feat. of EN convinces a lot of using EN instead of BE.

So, this is a big wish from my side that I hope you'll consider implementing this particular feature in a future version of BE

Regards,
Dan

[Jon]

Hi,

CWYW has some cool aspects. But it also can become a performance bottleneck as documents become longer. If you've followed the EN support lists and forums you'll see the one of the most common solutions to problems with EN and Word is "turn off CWYW". In any case, the only way ISI was able to implement it in Word 2008 is because of the recent introduction of an API. Thus far, it hasn't been made public and I haven't been able to obtain it from MS.

Jon
Sonny Software

[dspedersen]

Ok, thanks Jon

As far as I can understand from your answer, it is not a "definately no" from your side, if I'm not all wrong. I guess you would've implemented the feature already if it was that simple; however, I will keep dreaming of the day you'll introduce CWYW in BE, hopefully not in a too distant future

Regards,
Dan