On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 17:38:49 +0000
Peter Rockett <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 22/02/15 17:09, Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus wrote:
> > Well I don't understand how you ask the APA 6th edition if you use
> > JabRef you know that here you create a reference database with the
> > information needed independently from the citation style. So if you
> > want to use APA with bibTeX you can use this package:
> > https://www.ctan.org/pkg/apacite but if you prefer to use biblatex
> > then use this one: https://www.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-apa.
> >
> > Then you only need to create your database with JabRef, fill the
> > fields in each case and add that to your document created with
> > LaTeX. Good luck.
> >
> You misunderstand! What the OP is requesting is a .jstyle file for
> the Open Office plugin for JabRef,  which allows the embedding of
> bibtex references in an OO document. This does not use the bibtex
> program at all.
> 
> That said, APA6 is a very complicated formatting standard - the
> standard runs to several hundred pages, if I recall. But someone has
> to be the first to produce a jstyle file! I had to produce a Word
> document with APA formatting recently, and I found it easier to use
> Latex and convert the resulting PDF back to a Word doc using
> Adobe Acrobat :-[
> 
> P.

Can't help with the jstyle thingy, but I have a latex 'header' for APA6
and German if someone is interested. From what I remember, we had to use
biblatex (and/or biber?) to make it work properly. The reference
formatting is too complex for good ol' bibtex.

Regards,
Philipp

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