Sonny Software

This all pertains to the Bibliography-->Formats Manager window and the bibliography formatter.

The question:
Is there a way to set a rule for using the full name in the first mention (primary order box) and the surname in subsequent mentions (secondary order box)?

This is the format I'm trying to follow:

This is the body text, and here's the first mention to an article.(1) This is the second citation to the same article (for the sake of simplicity forget about Ibid!).(2)

(1) John Well, "On Footnotes," Journal of Footnote Studies 99, no. 1 (Dec. 1999): 10.
(2) Well, 22.

I can't get bookends to do John Well in the first mention and Well in the second mention. I can either get Well, "On Footnotes"... as the first or John Well, 22 as the second.

The suggestion

I don't see a reason why names, case and punctuation should be defined in a per-publication type basis. Could all author options go into a third tab labeled "authors" or something like that? If not, I'd love to have a button to replicate the author settings to all other publication types. It's a nuisance to change the author options for each and every publication type of a format.

Thanks!

There is a popup menu over the secondary order that lets you set this (Surname Only).

As for name control by Type, aren't there situations where this is called for? If not, it would be easier for me as well to have a single name definition tab. What do others think? Is it useful to be able to control name output based on Type?

And FWIW, when you create Types, the settings from the previous Type are used, so you don't need to set this every time you create a new Type.

Jon
Sonny Software

There is a popup menu over the secondary order that lets you set this (Surname Only).

Thanks! I can't believe I missed it!

And FWIW, when you create Types, the settings from the previous Type are used, so you don't need to set this every time you create a new Type.

This is certainly helpful, but in my experience the most common scenario is tweaking existing formats.

If some formats call for different author naming & case rules, a "replicate settings to other types" button would be very helpful.