How to unlink a word processor?
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 3:25 pm
When I set preferences for Bookends 8.1, I specified "Microsoft Word" as my word processor of choice (well, not really choice, but forced upon me by my editors and collaborators, but that's another story...).
I find now that this creates a nasty side-effect: if I "copy formatted" a reference from the list view, I am automatically switched to Word (if it's open), and the formatted ref is pasted at the insertion point. I understand that this is the expected behavior, but it doesn't work for me for two reasons:
- In a book project, I may keep references in a separate file from the one I am editing at the moment. If I've just referred to a text in "chapter 1", then want to paste in a formatted bibliography ref in "works cited", the auto-pasting behavior places the ref where I was last typing ("chapter 1"), not where I want to (manually) paste it ("works cited").
- It is not uncommon for me to want to place formatted refs in a document in one application (Notebook, Circus Ponies's excellent note-taking software, which I use to build class notes and syllabi), when I just happen to also have a Word document open, perhaps one unrelated to the citation I've copied from Bookends. The auto-paste behavior, again, puts the copies the formatted ref to a place other than where I wanted to manually place it.
For these reasons, I would prefer not to have application linking active at any time when using Bookends. But: I can't find an easy way to turn it off; it seems as though, once a word processor has been specified in the Preferences dialog, I can't unspecify it...?
TH
I find now that this creates a nasty side-effect: if I "copy formatted" a reference from the list view, I am automatically switched to Word (if it's open), and the formatted ref is pasted at the insertion point. I understand that this is the expected behavior, but it doesn't work for me for two reasons:
- In a book project, I may keep references in a separate file from the one I am editing at the moment. If I've just referred to a text in "chapter 1", then want to paste in a formatted bibliography ref in "works cited", the auto-pasting behavior places the ref where I was last typing ("chapter 1"), not where I want to (manually) paste it ("works cited").
- It is not uncommon for me to want to place formatted refs in a document in one application (Notebook, Circus Ponies's excellent note-taking software, which I use to build class notes and syllabi), when I just happen to also have a Word document open, perhaps one unrelated to the citation I've copied from Bookends. The auto-paste behavior, again, puts the copies the formatted ref to a place other than where I wanted to manually place it.
For these reasons, I would prefer not to have application linking active at any time when using Bookends. But: I can't find an easy way to turn it off; it seems as though, once a word processor has been specified in the Preferences dialog, I can't unspecify it...?
TH