© F. Dell'Orso, Bibliography Formatting Software: An Evaluation Template
Last update: November, 17, 2003


      4. Bookends: shorter grid
 4.5. Input/Edit

The overstriked grid's items have not been taken into account for the purposes of this shorter evaluation: it does not imply at all that the package cannot perform the relevant function.
The numbering and the content are the same as the full version of the evaluation grid.

5 Input/Edit

Bookends

5.1 Cataloguing reference standard

Bookends:

5.2 How to recall records for editing
    1. list browsing
    2. query search
    3. while editing another record

Bookends:

5.3 Input must be preceeded by searching

Bookends: no

5.4 Compulsory input within certain fields

Bookends: no (unless you configure it to work in BibTeX mode)

5.5 Particular edit features 
   1. copy fields and/or records
   2. symbols table
   3. term lists
   4. date stamping
   5. undo
   6. default values (session and/or permanent)
   7. validation
   8. automatic assignment of values
   9. configure edit window 
 10. other

Bookends: 1 3 5
10 : a) there is no particular "edit mode": a full record is open both for editing and display, there isn't "save" command;
b) "Peek" command to copy data from previous or other record, from same or different field;
c) optionally replace journal abbreviation by short/full form;
d) optional autocompletion for term lists entries

5.6 Spellchecker

Bookends: no

5.7 Direct print of a record while editing it

Bookends:

5.8 Duplicate record
    1. drag-and-drop
    2. copy command
    3. clipboard (formatted: can specify style; send out)
    4. export/print on disk (also formatted; send out)

Bookends: yes

5.9 Duplicates detection
    1. fixed criteria 
    2. criteria can be defined

Bookends: 2

5.10 Editor
    1. upper/lowercase conversion
    2. cut/paste text
    3. b/e record
    4. b/e field
    5. key to delete to end-of-field

Bookends: no (rather it is able to keep target case)

5.11 Font editing: font, size, bold, italics, underline, super/subscript, small caps

Bookends:

5.12 Global corrections
    1. add string (b/e)
    2. locate/replace (words, case)
    3. delete entire field content
    4. move field content
    5. change record type
    6. can use wildcard

Bookends: 1 2 (also any field in the records; no words, case, yes style and font) 3 4 5 6 will search for any string of text, l/r truncated (not an indexed search), no internal wildcards: m?ss



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© F. Dell'Orso, Bibliography Formatting Software: An Evaluation Template
Last update: November, 17, 2003