Reference as report

[George]

Hi there,

Please accept my apologies for this strange question: Which type of reference do you use for a report or process documentation?

Thank you,
regards,
George

[Jon]

Hi,

I don't use either of those kinds of publications, so I'll let others comment. But FYI, you can easily create your own Type (e.g. Report) and define the fields and format any way you like.

Jon
Sonny Software

[ozean]

Yes, I created a report field manually when I needed it. Take a look into the manual or/and ask more about that here if you need more information on how to do that best.

[ozean]

Today I had the opportunity to check my formats & I found the report format that I generated a while ago. Here is the code:

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{u|~ (Bearbeitet von ~a)^u^a} (d) t. f v`.`

(“Bearbeitet von” translates as “edited by”, I guess. Maybe you could also write “compiled by”?)

If this code works as expected or not really depends on the kind of report and how you enter it into Bookends, so Your Mileage May Vary…

[George]

Thank you very much for the code!

[ozean]

you’re welcome

after further considerations, I have changed the code to look like this:

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{u|~ (Bearbeitet von ~a)^u|~ (Bearbeitet von ~e)^u^a^e} (d) t. f v`.`

This means that if there are authors named, they will be given precedence before editors. If there are editors but no authors, editors are displayed. If there is a publisher, but no authors or editors, only the publisher will be named, otherwise only the authors or, if there are no authors, only the editors. That is a lot of fallback mechanism… seems I am procrastinating

[George]

wow, this is really great! I will try it out. Oh, I should really read Jon-s instructions on how to do the citations. For the past couple of weeks, I have just been concentrating on writing but the time will come soon that I'll have to amend citations as well. Good night and thanks again