elementary questions (newb):

[Bess]

I am sure this is something simple that I am overlooking, but..

I am creating a custom ("unused") format for a particular set of newsletters.. and everything is turning out perfectly except that the date comes out with only the year I entered, not the month. I am also having trouble with the title of this newsletter.

The format I have created is this:
<i>t</i> v, $n. $i (d),

the database entry I made was:
Title: VITA Newsletter
Volume: 1
Issue: 2
Date: March 1962

and the final footnote reads
<i>Vita Newsletter</i> 1, n. 2 (1962),

so, two problems:
- the month is not showing up
- the acronym VITA is made into upper-lower case.

any ideas?
thanks

[Jon]

I am creating a custom ("unused") format for a particular set of newsletters.. and everything is turning out perfectly except that the date comes out with only the year I entered, not the month.

Hi,

Turn off "Year only for date" in the format (second tab).

I am also having trouble with the title of this newsletter.

The format I have created is this:
<i>t</i> v, $n. $i (d),

the database entry I made was:
Title: VITA Newsletter
Volume: 1
Issue: 2
Date: March 1962

and the final footnote reads
<i>Vita Newsletter</i> 1, n. 2 (1962),

so, two problems:
- the month is not showing up
- the acronym VITA is made into upper-lower case.

The month will show up if you turn off "year only for date"

Change the format so that the title is output "as entered" (or enter VITA in Preferences in the "don't change case" list).

These changes should do it.

Jon
Sonny Software

[Bess]

figured I'd keep in this thread as I am obviously troubleshooting my first big document...

another problem I am having is that there are 3 references in my database that consistently come up as ambiguous. The weird thing is that the window that pops up asking me to choose among the possibilities lists the same reference 4 or 6 times. So it really doesn't matter which I click-- it's all the same reference. To clarify, this is not a case of duplicate references, but that the program is asking me to choose from a list of 4 of the same reference.

I tried changing the Cite preference to Unique ID, but the same problem appears. Of course it happens twice for each citation, as Bookends scans the document twice... sort of time consuming since these references appear repeatedly in the document.

thanks again.. overall I am finding the learning curve quick (thanks to past forum questions especially)

[Jon]

Hm, sounds like the index may be bad. Try rebuilding your database (you can try reindexing first if you like, and if that fails rebuild). I think that will take care of this.

Jon
Sonny Software