Multiple choice when choice is multiple (e.g. 1. 2. 3. etc.) number means "yes", its absence means "no: lack of the feature", unless a note states otherwise
Commands menus are indicated between double quotes, specific commands within menus or selection panels are introduced by an arrow, e.g. "Edit" -> Show clipboard, means: "open the Edit menu and select Show clipboard"
Cells in italics normally contain supplementary -more in depth- notes
File names are normally in upper case, e.g.: ALTERNATE.TXT, fn.JPL ... etc.

A/D = ascending / descending sort order
b/e = beginning / end of field or record
CDF=Comma Delimited File format
db = database
dbn = database name
En: = EndNote for Windows, v. 4.0.1 (ISI ResearchSoft)
fn.XXX = filename + name extension
FL = formatting language, i.e.: set of commands to define output styles
n: many, undefinite quantity
kw = keyword
l/r = left/right
n.a. = not applicable
Papyrus = Papyrus for Macintosh, v. 8 (RSD Research Software Design)
placeholder = string entered in the typed text (usually a wordprocessor file), within markers -delimiters- that will match records in the database
Pr: = ProCite for Windows, v. 5 (for Macintosh v. 4.03) (ISI ResearchSoft)
RM = Reference Manager for Windows, v. 9.0 (ISI Researchsoft)
RefID = record, or reference, identifier
RN = record number
RT = reference, or document, or record type
sw = software
wp = word processor
x-refs = cross reference (e.g.: see, see also...)

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F. Dell'Orso, Bibliography Formatting Software: An Evaluation Template

Last Update: August, 18, 2000