My oen (limited) experience, from crafting my own thesis and doing several academic books is that with Frame, the easiest way to craft Chicago-style footnotes and eventually a bibliography was to create kind of a flat-file database. By that I mean creating a separate FM file with a unique set of tags, one tag for each element in a citation: Title, Author, Year, etc.
Enter the information using the appropriate tags, one chunk of info to a line. In the actual FM working files, in the footnotes, set up cross-references to the appropriate entry, so that the footnote is built from a set of cross-references. If you're really good, you can make the source file the bibliography file too. ;- ) Art On 8/25/06, Moores <mooresd at pacbell.net> wrote: > Greetings, Frame Magicians! > > I am contracting at a company that is about to compile a large report > that will include many graphics and many bibliographic citations. > Although the diverse authors will draft in MS Word, our preference is > for the final document to be in Framemaker (7.0). We are looking for > recommendations for reference management software-- some of the authors > have some familiarity with EndNote, but they will purchase based on the > best program for this and future projects. > > I haven't had the luxury of anything except hand-built reference lists > before-- how painful is the RTF export part of the process (that builds > the library?) for EndNote? Are other programs more compatible and still > effective? Who has the magic website with a feature comparison list? (I > did search before posting.) > > I've downloaded the EndNote trial to play with but the company is eager > to move quickly so I am pursuing this path of wisdom as well as my own > self-education route. > > Thank you for any assistance, > > Kathleen Moore > mooresd hmmmm pacbell.net > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358
