If you just want a shortcut then don't use macros, just type "Pri" and
Princeton University Press will show up as an autocomplete.
If you really want macros for some legacy Bibtex reason then you are
working with raw bibtex and {} are more common than not.
--J
On 23 Feb 2009, at 12:37 PM, Nathan Paxton wrote:
>
> On 23 Feb 2009, at 11:58 AM, Maxwell, Adam R wrote:
>
>> On 02/23/09 08:49, "Nathan Paxton" <napax...@fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Publisher = {pup},
>>
>> should be "Publisher = pup" (no quotes).
> Why does BD put the braces in? I simply entered pup and Princeton
> University Press in the applicable blanks in the Macros panel.
>
>>
>>
>>> I just put the "pup" string in the entry window.
>>
>> Open the editor window for this entry, choose the Publisher field,
>> and hit
>> cmd-r. Delete the outer curly braces and tab out of the field. It
>> will
>> then show up in blue.
>>
>> This should be covered in the help on macros. Look for "raw
>> bibtex" or
>> something.
>
> Sort of. There is mention of the use of raw Bibtex in the field if
> one wants to use macros, but it wasn't clear that that was
> necessary. The info sounds like there are several ways that this can
> be done, not that Cmd-R has to be invoked and then one can go about
> using macros...
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
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> Nathan A. Paxton
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> Dept. of Government, Harvard University
>
> Resident Tutor
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