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Creating a new reference type from an existing one
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:51 am
by joseph_anton
I would like to be able to take the existing "Dissertation" reference type and modify it to produce a new "Dissertation chapter" reference type (following the example of "Book" / "Book Chapter"). Is there any easy way to base a new reference type on an existing one without manually copying the fields across?
Re: Creating a new reference type from an existing one
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 12:11 pm
by Jon
Are you talking about doing this in the Format Manager? Or where?
Jon
Sonny Software
Re: Creating a new reference type from an existing one
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 5:36 am
by joseph_anton
I had been looking at Reference Types under Refs in the Preference pane actually.
Re: Creating a new reference type from an existing one
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 7:22 am
by Jon
In that case you rename an Unused Type and edit the field names (in the same tab in Preferences). Typically you would want to change just a few of the field names (there is no copying involved, just enter them from the keyboard). There's nothing else you need to do.
Jon
Sonny Software