format catalog
format catalog
Yay for that feature! Since I pretty often find myself creating new formats, this is a huge help, since it will allow for quick selection of a format that already fits well and only needs little change and perhaps some bulletproofing against those nasty missing fields. Thanks a lot for the unexpected present!
Re: format catalog
Hi ozean, this is a solution for a problem I've been thinking about for a long time -- where do you start if you need a format that doesn't already exist (by name, anyway)? Scrolling through the Format Manager is tedious, and unless you're intrepid and take the time to examine each Type in each popoup menu, you will only see examples of Journal Articles. However, it's often the case that we ship a format that is a match, or are a close fit, for for the format the user needs. Hopefully the format catalog will provide a convenient solution for this problem.
Jon
Sonny Software
Jon
Sonny Software
Re: format catalog
I know this thread is over a year old, but I wanted to say also this is a great useful feature. I have a couple of questions about it.
Is there anywhere to see the reference data that goes into the examples used in the catalog? Any way to change it?
Some of the catalog examples look a bit goofed up, and its hard to tell if that is due to how the data were entered, or how the format was set up. I suppose in some cases the data must be entered a certain way to work correctly with some formats.
Thanks,
Jim
Is there anywhere to see the reference data that goes into the examples used in the catalog? Any way to change it?
Some of the catalog examples look a bit goofed up, and its hard to tell if that is due to how the data were entered, or how the format was set up. I suppose in some cases the data must be entered a certain way to work correctly with some formats.
Thanks,
Jim
Re: format catalog
Hi,
You're right, some don't look right because the default reference used to generate the example doesn't match the Type (Bookends has default entries for journal article, book, and book chapter as I recall). But if you think the format looks close, you can use your own data easily like this:
1. Select the reference in your database that you want to see displayed in the corresponding Type.
2. Open the Formats Manager and select the format you want to examine.
3. Select the corresponding Type from the popup menu in the format.
You should your reference formatted according to its Type in the lower part of the format window.
Jon
Sonny Software
You're right, some don't look right because the default reference used to generate the example doesn't match the Type (Bookends has default entries for journal article, book, and book chapter as I recall). But if you think the format looks close, you can use your own data easily like this:
1. Select the reference in your database that you want to see displayed in the corresponding Type.
2. Open the Formats Manager and select the format you want to examine.
3. Select the corresponding Type from the popup menu in the format.
You should your reference formatted according to its Type in the lower part of the format window.
Jon
Sonny Software