NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18/NN_1992_18.iso/spool/comp/os/mswindo/apps/2056

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Path: sparky!uunet!walter!porthos!prefect!tony2
From: [e-mail] (21131-gozdz)
Subject: automatic re-referencing in W4W 2.0a doesn't work?
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 20:23:17 GMT
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I've just wasted 45 min on a long-distance call to MS's
W4W support and got nowhere; maybe the net can help
with the following three problems related to the automatic
referencing feature in W4W 2.0?

1. When inserting a _previously_ defined reference (by
clicking it twice, copying, going to a new place, and
pasting), the W4W gives it a new reference number and
copies it into the ref list as a new entry. This is as
idiotic as it can be, although the techie at MS initially
claimed that references should always be numbered consecutively.
Is there a way to get the automatic ref renumbering to work
as it should (i.e., to have the previous ref number inserted
and not having it repeated in the ref list?)

2. Is there a way to have each automatically numbered reference
followed by, let's say, a right parenthesis, or to be enclosed
in square brackets, as some journal formats require?
(I know, I know, I can do it by inserting the
superscripted ")" manually, but ...)

3. This is probably to much to expect from MS, but is
automatic referencing smart enough to print XXX[3-6]
instead of XXX[3,4,5,6]? My old troff wasn't smart enough, either...

If there is no solution to problem #1, then W4W is
missing a feature essential to those writing any
scientific reports and papers.

Thanks for any helpful hints.

Tony

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