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More flexiblity with "ibid" - is it possible?

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:32 pm
by proteus
Hello,
I was wondering whether there can be more flexibility in using "ibid" citations. It works great to spot and use "ibid" where necessary, but I would like, if possible, to have the possibility of using some wild cards, such as Author, in the formulation of an "ibid' citation.
Thus, instead of having
ibid., p.23
I am aiming at something like
John Smith, ibid., p.23
with the ibid text in italic and author extracted from previous or citation copied within the word processor...

Many thanks!

Re: More flexiblity with "ibid" - is it possible?

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:23 pm
by Jon
Bookends won't do that automatically, but you can do it yourself in the word processor:

John Smith, {temp citation@23}

Jon
Sonny Software

Re: More flexiblity with "ibid" - is it possible?

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:50 pm
by proteus
thanks...will ibid. be italicized? I havent see a way of doing it automatically in the citation options...

Re: More flexiblity with "ibid" - is it possible?

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:01 pm
by Jon
Not by Bookends, but you can do a search/replace after the scan and convert Ibid. to italics.

Jon
Sonny Software