On Feb 21, 2009, at 6:45 AM, Alex Hamann wrote: > Hi Jirin, > > I'll try to provide some answers to your questions, more > knowledgeable people might correct or amend me. >> >> Jirin.De > > > > I want to highlight one important function here (in part because you > asked how to organize papers but also because it is one of the best > features BD offers in my view): You can add files to single items in > your bib file. Often this will be a pdf of the respective article or > a url which links to a website. Basically you just drag and drop the > file (or url from your browser) on the respective item in the main > window).
Alex points out some of the most important features of BD, for managing your documents. One area that's often misunderstood is the area addressed above, that of attaching files to a record. There is an important distinction between the URL/local URL fields, and attached documents. The URL fields are for the BibTeX record, that is, whatever you fill in here will appear in your LaTeX output, assuming that the BibTeX output style use shows these fields. If you want to associate a record with a link to a web address or PDF or other document, as Alex points out, drop it on the item's listing in the main table. Or, when the record is open, there is a large space for attached files; right- clicking on this space will give you an opportunity to select a file with the usual dialogues; or you can drop a file or URL on this area. You can attach any number of files. Quicklook works, too, if you pull up the contextual menu, and you have system 10.5. As much as BD is for coordinating with LaTeX and BibTeX, it is also an excellent file manager. -Adam ------------------ Adam M. Goldstein PhD, MSLIS -- [email protected] [email protected] http://www.iona.edu/faculty/agoldstein -- (914) 637-2717 -- Dept of Philosophy Iona College 715 North Avenue New Rochelle NY 10801 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
