Harvard Style References
Hello there! I use the Windows version of Lyx 1.5.6. I cannot understand the existing instructions for how to use different reference styles. Believe me, I have tried, but the answers are simply not comprehensible to people like me, who while not computer illiterate, are not intimately familiar with the structure of Lyx. I want to produce author (year) or author [year] style references in the text. Checking natbib under Documents/Settings/Bibliography does not seem to do this despite author-year appearing in the natbib style box. When I go to Insert/Citation, the Formatting dialog box is grayed out. I have downloaded a number of .bst files, for example, qje.bst, but Lyx bombs when running Latex to produce printed output. I am willing to install whatever style files I need, but I don't have any way of figuring out what I need. Any help out there? Thanks in advance, Curtis Simon
Re: Harvard Style References
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Curtis Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello there! I use the Windows version of Lyx 1.5.6. I cannot understand the existing instructions for how to use different reference styles. Believe me, I have tried, but the answers are simply not comprehensible to people like me, who while not computer illiterate, are not intimately familiar with the structure of Lyx. I want to produce author (year) or author [year] style references in the text. Checking natbib under Documents/Settings/Bibliography does not seem to do this despite author-year appearing in the natbib style box. When I go to Insert/Citation, the Formatting dialog box is grayed out. I have downloaded a number of .bst files, for example, qje.bst, but Lyx bombs when running Latex to produce printed output. I am willing to install whatever style files I need, but I don't have any way of figuring out what I need. Any help out there? Thanks in advance, Curtis Simon The formatting box is grayed out until you actually Add an Available Citation to the Selected Citations area. Have you done this? Also, when using Natbib you must use a Natbib compatible .bst style file like plainnat, abbrvnat, or unsrtnat. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Harvard Style References
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Curtis Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob: Wow, that was quick! Thanks! I am using plainnat and have set the style to author-year. Indeed, when I insert a reference in the document, the dialog box (no longer grayed out) shows the citation style as Allen (1981), which is the way I'd like it to appear. However, the converted Lyx document shows the reference as Allen [1]. What am I doing wrong? I attach the documents in question. Thanks again, Curtis There is a compatibility issue between Natbib and REVTeX, you will need to read through section 15.1 of the REVTeX documentation if you need to use this class: http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/revtex/src/revtex4.pdf Adding the 'round' option to Document-Settings-Options fixes the problem with the default article class and Natbib. Cheers, /Bob
Harvard Style References
Hello there! I use the Windows version of Lyx 1.5.6. I cannot understand the existing instructions for how to use different reference styles. Believe me, I have tried, but the answers are simply not comprehensible to people like me, who while not computer illiterate, are not intimately familiar with the structure of Lyx. I want to produce author (year) or author [year] style references in the text. Checking natbib under Documents/Settings/Bibliography does not seem to do this despite author-year appearing in the natbib style box. When I go to Insert/Citation, the Formatting dialog box is grayed out. I have downloaded a number of .bst files, for example, qje.bst, but Lyx bombs when running Latex to produce printed output. I am willing to install whatever style files I need, but I don't have any way of figuring out what I need. Any help out there? Thanks in advance, Curtis Simon
Re: Harvard Style References
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Curtis Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello there! I use the Windows version of Lyx 1.5.6. I cannot understand the existing instructions for how to use different reference styles. Believe me, I have tried, but the answers are simply not comprehensible to people like me, who while not computer illiterate, are not intimately familiar with the structure of Lyx. I want to produce author (year) or author [year] style references in the text. Checking natbib under Documents/Settings/Bibliography does not seem to do this despite author-year appearing in the natbib style box. When I go to Insert/Citation, the Formatting dialog box is grayed out. I have downloaded a number of .bst files, for example, qje.bst, but Lyx bombs when running Latex to produce printed output. I am willing to install whatever style files I need, but I don't have any way of figuring out what I need. Any help out there? Thanks in advance, Curtis Simon The formatting box is grayed out until you actually Add an Available Citation to the Selected Citations area. Have you done this? Also, when using Natbib you must use a Natbib compatible .bst style file like plainnat, abbrvnat, or unsrtnat. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Harvard Style References
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Curtis Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob: Wow, that was quick! Thanks! I am using plainnat and have set the style to author-year. Indeed, when I insert a reference in the document, the dialog box (no longer grayed out) shows the citation style as Allen (1981), which is the way I'd like it to appear. However, the converted Lyx document shows the reference as Allen [1]. What am I doing wrong? I attach the documents in question. Thanks again, Curtis There is a compatibility issue between Natbib and REVTeX, you will need to read through section 15.1 of the REVTeX documentation if you need to use this class: http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/revtex/src/revtex4.pdf Adding the 'round' option to Document-Settings-Options fixes the problem with the default article class and Natbib. Cheers, /Bob
Harvard Style References
Hello there! I use the Windows version of Lyx 1.5.6. I cannot understand the existing instructions for how to use different reference styles. Believe me, I have tried, but the answers are simply not comprehensible to people like me, who while not computer illiterate, are not intimately familiar with the structure of Lyx. I want to produce author (year) or author [year] style references in the text. Checking natbib under Documents/Settings/Bibliography does not seem to do this despite "author-year" appearing in the natbib style box. When I go to Insert/Citation, the Formatting dialog box is grayed out. I have downloaded a number of .bst files, for example, qje.bst, but Lyx bombs when running Latex to produce printed output. I am willing to install whatever style files I need, but I don't have any way of figuring out what I need. Any help out there? Thanks in advance, Curtis Simon
Re: Harvard Style References
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Curtis Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello there! > > > > I use the Windows version of Lyx 1.5.6. I cannot understand the > existing instructions for how to use different reference styles. > Believe me, I have tried, but the answers are simply not comprehensible > to people like me, who while not computer illiterate, are not intimately > familiar with the structure of Lyx. > > > > I want to produce author (year) or author [year] style references in the > text. Checking natbib under Documents/Settings/Bibliography does not > seem to do this despite "author-year" appearing in the natbib style box. > When I go to Insert/Citation, the Formatting dialog box is grayed out. > > > > I have downloaded a number of .bst files, for example, qje.bst, but Lyx > bombs when running Latex to produce printed output. I am willing to > install whatever style files I need, but I don't have any way of > figuring out what I need. Any help out there? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Curtis Simon > > The formatting box is grayed out until you actually "Add" an Available Citation to the Selected Citations area. Have you done this? Also, when using Natbib you must use a Natbib compatible .bst style file like plainnat, abbrvnat, or unsrtnat. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Harvard Style References
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Curtis Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob: > > Wow, that was quick! Thanks! > > I am using plainnat and have set the style to author-year. Indeed, when > I insert a reference in the document, the dialog box (no longer grayed > out) shows the citation style as "Allen (1981)", which is the way I'd > like it to appear. However, the converted Lyx document shows the > reference as "Allen [1]". What am I doing wrong? > > I attach the documents in question. > > Thanks again, > > Curtis There is a compatibility issue between Natbib and REVTeX, you will need to read through section 15.1 of the REVTeX documentation if you need to use this class: http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/revtex/src/revtex4.pdf Adding the 'round' option to Document->Settings->Options fixes the problem with the default article class and Natbib. Cheers, /Bob
