Thanks Jonas and Christiaan for your help; much appreciated. john
On 8 Jan 2013, at 17:36, Jonas Zimmermann wrote: > You don't say whether you use latex or not. If you do, I encourage you to > explore the possibilities of biblatex. It allows you to easily adjust > citation and bibliography styles to your taste. This, together with the > macros for journal title Christiaan mentioned, is how I did my thesis and > other writings. > Jonas > > -- > Jonas Zimmermann, PhD > Institute of Neuroscience > Newcastle University > UK > > On 8 Jan 2013, at 08:00, John Wickerson <johnwicker...@cantab.net> wrote: > >> Hi BibDesk, >> >> What is the "right" way to handle the following use-case? >> >> I have a master .bib file, contain full details for every entry. This >> version is ideal for my PhD thesis, which has no word limit (at least not in >> the bibliography). >> >> But when I'm writing a conference paper, I have to condense the bibliography >> to fit inside a strict page limit. To do this, I copy all the entries I >> want into a new .bib file, and manually delete all the page numbers, >> editors' names, and so on, and use shortened forms of journal and conference >> names. >> >> The result is that I now have two .bib files, one with full details, and one >> that is abbreviated. This is obviously bad, as it's hard to keep the two >> in-sync. So what's the "right" way to handle this situation in BibDesk? >> >> Thanks very much for your help. >> >> john >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Master SQL Server Development, Administration, T-SQL, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS >> and more. Get SQL Server skills now (including 2012) with LearnDevNow - >> 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. >> SALE $99.99 this month only - learn more at: >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122512 >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master SQL Server Development, Administration, T-SQL, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS > and more. Get SQL Server skills now (including 2012) with LearnDevNow - > 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. > SALE $99.99 this month only - learn more at: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122512 > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122712 _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
