Rob Clement wrote: >> > I agree that the Zotero addon for both Firefox (and some other browsers) > and OpenOffice is definitely the way to go > > Rob
I installed it today and used it a bit. Disclaimer: I am trying out the preview version in which the bibliography database lives on a server (at present, it lives on Zotero's website). >From the first looks, it appears to be much more polished than OOo's Bib. It has many of the common bibliography styles built-in so a user just has to choose one from a dialog box. Apparently additional styles can be easily created. It also deals with multiple citations in a much better way than OOo does. For example, multiple citations are very conveniently specified via an easy to understand dialog box and they appear in one set of brackets (eg: [3,5,10]). One doesn't have to give a numbering scheme to the list of references using a para style! This is needed in OOo. A big plus. The numbering is fixed by the bibliography style chosen from within Zotero -- and why shouldn't it be? Good work by Zotero over there. Zotero's database is easy to build up and manage. With the upcoming release, it can live on the network and can be accessed from anywhere using Firefox. And I think it will be polished even more with each version. Considering that I am using a preview version of Zotero, all in all it has been a pleasant experience so far. But then I am yet to used it for more tough stuff and I need to try a few more things. BTW, the URL links I put in the list of references via Zotero do not appear as hyperlinks in OOo and neither in the PDF produced by OOo. This seems to a problem with OOo itself since this was happening with its own bibliography application as well. Considering the above listed conveniences, perhaps it is now easier to understand why I earlier said that OOo's bibliography feature sucks :) Regards, ->HS --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
