This button takes you to the "Abstracts" stack. The "Abstracts" stack may be used for storing abstracts of articles, or, perhaps, notes you have taken on information in the article.
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This button takes you to the "Key Words" stack. The "Key Words" stack was designed to store words relating to the topic (or topics) of the current journal article. The topics are stored -- one per line -- in the fields provided in the "Key Words" stack.
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This button sorts the "Journals" stack. The sort is done by the "ID" field of the stack. The "ID" field is the unique name by which the journal article is known.
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This button takes you to the "Options" card. The "Options" card is used to perform additional functions, such as exporting information to a text file.
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This button takes you to the previous card in the stack.
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This button take you to the next card in the stack.
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This button takes you to the "Help" card. Clicking the mouse on a button or a field causes information about that object to be displayed. Clicking on the information window closes the window.
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This button causes information on the card to be written to a file. By navigating to various cards and selecting this button, one can write a reference section for a paper or book. The information is written to the output file in TeX (a text processing language) format. The format may be changed by editing the script of this button. See "The Complete HyperCard Handbook" by Danny Goodman (Bantum Books) for information about scripts.
Note that in order for this button to work (also, to be displayed on the card), first go to the "Options" card and select the "Export Journals" button.
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This button writes "J. Geophys. Res." into the field "Journal". This is a time saving device which can be changed by editing the button script. See "The Complete HyperCard Handbook" by Danny Goodman (Bantum Books) for information about scripts.
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This field stores the unique name by which the journal article is known. This unique "ID" is also used by the "Abstracts" and the "Key Words" stacks.
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This field is used to store the articles title.
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This field is used to store the author list of the article represented by this card.
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This field is used to store the journal from which the article came.
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This field is used to store the volume information of the article.
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This field is used to store number information about the article.
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This field is used to store the beginning page number of the article.
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This field is used to store the ending page number of the article.
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This field is used to store the year of the article.
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This button takes you to the "Abstract" stack. The "Abstract" stack can be used to store abstracts from journal articles, or, perhaps, notes about information in the article.
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This button takes you to the "Key Words" stack. The "Key Words" stack was designed to store words relating to the topic (or topics) of the current journal article. The topics are stored -- one per line -- in the fields provided in the "Key Words" stack.
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This button sorts the "Journals" stack. The sort is done by the "ID" field of the stack. The "ID" field is the unique name by which the journal article is known.
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This button takes you to the "Options" card. The "Options" card is used to perform additional functions, such as exporting information to a text file.
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This button takes you to the "Help" card. Clicking the mouse on a button or a field causes information about that object to be displayed. Clicking on the information window closes the window.
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This button takes you to the previous button in the stack.
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This button takes you to the next card in the stack.
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This field stores the unique name by which the journal article is known. This unique "ID" is also used by the "Abstracts" and the "Key Words" stacks.
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This is the Journals-Help card. Clicking on a button or a field in this card will cause information about that object to be displayed. Clicking in the information window will close that window.
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This button takes you to the "Papers" stack. The "Papers" stack was designed to store information relating to technical papers. Information, for instance, such as the paper's title and authors.
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This button is used to create a file which contains a reference section for a technical paper. There are essentially three steps to create a reference file. These steps are:
1. Activate this process by clicking in the check box. This opens the
export file and activates the export button in the "Papers" stack.
2. Go to the cards in the "Papers" stack that you wish to include in the
reference section and click on the export button.
3. When you have finished step 2, go back to the "Options" card and click
again in the "Export References" check box. This closes the export
file.
The text in the file is formatted according to information contained in the
"Format" card. The format of the reference list can be changed by clicking on the "Format Output" button.
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This is the "Options-Help" card. Clicking the mouse on a button or a field in this card causes information about that object to be displayed in a window, such as the one that is currently visible. Clicking anywhere inside the information window, closes that window. You may return to the "Options" card by clicking on the "return" button in the upper-right hand region of this card.
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This button takes you to the "Format" card, where information about the formatting of the reference list is contained. By changing the text in the fields in the "Format" card, one can control how the reference list is built. One of the things that is controlled by the fields in this card, is the order in which the fields within the reference list is written.
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This button is used to create a file which contains a reference section for a technical paper. Before selecting this option, you must first have created a text file which contains the ID's of the papers which you wish included in the reference section. In this file (the import file), you should write the paper ID's, one per line in the import file.
The text in the reference (or export) file is formatted according to information contained in the "Format" card. The format of the reference list can be changed by clicking on the "Format Output" button.
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This button is used to create a file of paper ID's, selected according to a word or words in the "Abstracts" stack. After pressing this button, you are asked to type in a text string. If this string is found in a card in the
"Abstracts" stack, then the paper ID of that card is written to the export file.
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This button is used to create a file of paper ID's, selected according to a word or words in the "Key Words" stack. After pressing this button, you are asked to type in a text string. If this string is found in a card in the
"Key Words" stack, then the paper ID of that card is written to the export file.
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Once you have become acquainted with these cards and stacks, especially the help cards, you may wish check this button. If this button is checked, some of the windows which pop up, seemingly uncalled for, are instructed not to do so. This will cut down on the time it takes to navigate to the help cards and back.
