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problem with reference types

Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 11:43 am
by Stoic
I've just purchased Bookends and I'm trying to add some records. But I'm having trouble changing the reference type. When I select "book chapter" instead of "journal article," there's no change whatever.

What's going on?

Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 12:48 pm
by Jon
The field labels don't change as a function of Type -- they are constant. What does change is the way the fields are handled when creating a bibliography. For example, the Volume field holds the volume number of a Journal Article, but holds the title of the book when a Book Chapter is cited.

If a field doesn't apply to a particular Type (e.g. Editors for a Journal Article), simply ignore it (or use it for some other purpose).

We have plans to make this more flexible in a future update.

Jon
Sonny Software