Re: Bibliography

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From: mattk (kund2463_at_u.washington.edu)
Date: 07/09/04 

Date: 9 Jul 2004 10:20:08 -0700

The EndNote program must be the feature that I was told about. What I
meant about keeping track of reference information is that you build a
bibliography file with each entry having a certain flag attached to
it. In the main body of text you reference a particular flag, then
when you compile the entire document the correct reference shows up in
the format you select, and the bibliography pages get organized in
whatever way you choose, alphabetically or in order of use.

LaTeX is a type setting program, it is similar to writing HTML but
only for documents and journal articles. There is a steep learning
curve, but formatting journal articles and dissertations is rather
easy to do once you get a feel for the way it all works. My main
problem was that I didn't really want to have to retype all of the
equations I have used in my research. Once I bit the bullet and
started doing them in LaTeX is really was quite easy. I'd say it took
about 1/3 the time to write equations in LaTeX than it does in
Eqaution Editor. Plus, LaTeX is freeware. I'll be honest with you,
the install isn't very intuitive.

Thanks for your help,
mattk

Dayo Mitchell <dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPAM.com.invalid> wrote in message news:<BD119320.347F8%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPAM.com.invalid>...
> Where'd you hear that? Word doesn't have a bibliography capability. Word
> does have an indexing capability, where you can flag certain words and have
> Word generate an index of the pages they appear on. The Table of
> Authorities might also be worth investigation, though I know little about
> that.
>
> Most people use third-party programs with Word for bibliographic
> management--e.g., Bookends (www.sonnysoftware.com) which is Mac only, or
> EndNote, which has a big market share but weak Mac integration. In those,
> you enter the bibliographic information in Bookends, insert a Bookends field
> in the Word doc, and then Bookends deals with all the nitpicky formatting.
> There is no way to get Word to take-over that function. There are people
> out there who seem to think this is built into Word because the EndNote
> add-in puts a menu and toolbar in Word, but they are wrong.
>
> I'm not familiar with LaTex, so don't know what its reference feature
> does....what do you mean by "keep track" of the reference information?
> Depending on what you are looking for and your version of Word and OS, you
> might be able to manipulate Word to do what you want.
>
> DM
>
> "mattk" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I was told that Microsoft Word can generate a bibliography file that
> > can be set up such that the user can include a flag for the reference
> > entry that can be included in the main body of text and Word will
> > automatically keep track of the reference information. I probably
> > haven't explained this very well, but I would like to be able to
> > create a bibliography page similar to that of LaTeX and have Word keep
> > track of the references inside the main body of text. Thank you in
> > advance.
> >
> > mattk

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