Automatic Processing of References
The Bibliographic Reference processing function can restructure most journal and book references that have no significant errors with near-perfect accuracy. Color-coded styles are applied to the reference, and the reference is restructured according to the organization's style requirements. References that are not restructured are visually identified for manual editing.
After reference processing, each component of the reference is identified and color-coded for easy proofing. A typical journal reference looks like this:
The first item in this example is the reference type tag <jrn>, which specifies the type of reference that eXtyles has identified. Possible reference types are:
<jrn> Journal references
<bok> Book references
<edb> Edited book or book chapter references
<conf> Conference proceeding
<eref> Reference to a website
<lgl> Citation of a legal case or statute
<ths> Reference to a thesis/dissertation
<other> References to working papers, patents, maps, and other documents
<unknown> Unsupported or otherwise unknown reference type
Reference types might occasionally be incorrectly identified as <bok> or <unknown>. Misidentification is usually the result of a punctuation error by the author or a pattern that eXtyles does not support.
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The grey shading of the <jrn> tag in this example is achieved by configuring Word to shade fields. We recommend that you set Word to shade fields so that it is immediately visually clear whether content is plain text or a field. To adjust this setting in Word, go to File > Options > Advanced, and in the "Show document content" section, set "Field shading" to Always. |
Each element in a reference entry is identified and tagged appropriately with a character style by eXtyles during Bibliographic References processing. The following table lists common reference components and their element (character style) names:
Element | Example Text |
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bib_surname | Beeco / Joyce |
bib_fname | J. A. / D. |
bib_year | 2019 |
bib_article | Automated aircraft tracking for park and landscape planning |
bib_journal | Landscape and Urban Planning |
bib_volume | 186 |
bib_fpage | 103 |
bib_lpage | 111 |
bib_doi |
Character Styling of References
When references are processed by eXtyles, Word character styles such as bib_article, bib_ journal, and so on are automatically applied to each part of the reference text. If you manually edit a reference after reference processing, be sure that the character styles are correctly applied to the edited text. These character styles can be applied just like any other character styles in Word.
In some unusual cases, even when a reference is correctly copyedited, eXtyles may fail to process it correctly. In such cases, you should edit the reference by hand and then apply the character styles directly from the Word Style menu.
The character styles should be applied only to the actual content that is typically highlighted, not to surrounding punctuation. For example, if your organization’s style includes parentheses around the year of publication, apply the bib_year character style to just the year itself, and not to the surrounding punctuation.
Styles that may be used for reference entries include the following:
Style | Use |
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bib_number | The reference number |
bib_etal | “et al.” or "and others" when it appears in the reference |
bib_surname | An author’s surname |
bib_fname | An author’s given name or initials |
bib_suffix | An author’s suffix (e.g., Jr., Sr.) |
bib_organization | An organization name as an author |
bib_book | The title of a book |
bib_series | The series title in a reference |
bib_article | The article title |
bib_ journal | The journal name |
bib_year | The year of publication |
bib_volume | The volume of publication |
bib_issue | The issue of publication |
bib_month | The month or season of publication |
bib_suppl | The publication supplement |
bib_fpage | The first page of publication |
bib_lpage | The last page of publication |
bib_pagecount | The total page count for a reference (e.g., 420 p.) |
bib_unpubl | Pre-publication information such as “in press” |
bib_comment | A comment such as [Abstract] |
bib_confproceedings | The title of published conference proceedings |
bib_confpaper | The title of a paper in published conference proceedings |
bib_conflocation | The location of the conference |
bib_confdate | The date of the conference (month, day) |
bib_title | A title in a reference that is not an article or book title; typically used for titles of theses and dissertations |
bib_url | A URL included in a journal reference |
bib_doi | A DOI included in a journal reference |
Manual Editing and Reference Reprocessing
Once a reference has been tagged with a type (e.g., <jrn>, <unknown>), it will not be reprocessed if you rerun Advanced Processing > Bibliographic References. eXtyles ignores tagged entries on successive passes of this function. If you wish to reprocess a reference after making some changes to it, you can remove the reference type tag. For example, the following reference failed to process correctly due to the double punctuation after the volume number:
<unknown>Janmey, P. A. “Protein regulation by phosphatidylinositol lipids.” Chemistry & Biology 2;:1 (1995): 61–65. </unknown>
You can fix the punctuation manually—that is, delete the extra colon after the volume number— and then remove the reference type tags (by backspacing over the tag, or by selecting the tag and cutting it with Control-X) so that the reference looks like this:
Janmey, P. A. “Protein regulation by phosphatidylinositol lipids.” Chemistry & Biology 2;1 (1995): 61–65.
After selecting the Bibliographic References menu item again, the reference will be properly restructured as shown here:
<jrn>Janmey, P. A. “Protein regulation by phosphatidylinositol lipids.” Chemistry & Biology 2, no. 1 (1995): 61–65.</jrn>
Hiding the reference type tags is not the same thing as deleting them. To reprocess a reference, you must actually delete the tags at the start and end of a reference. Hiding them with the View Tags/Hide Tags menu item will make the tag disappear on screen, but it will not cause a reference to be reprocessed.
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Do not copy reference type tags from one reference and paste them onto another reference. These tags may be applied only automatically by Bibliographic References processing or by using the Insert Tags option on the eXtyles menu. Copying and pasting these tags may cause failures in other Advanced Processing operations. |
Errors can be fixed even without removing the colored highlights and styles. Bibliographic References processing removes all highlighting before reprocessing a reference. Colored highlights and styles are reapplied before the results of the Bibligraphic References processing function are displayed on screen.
Reference Processing Query Insertion
If eXtyles adds queries (which appear as Word comments) during Bibliographic Reference processing, an alert will appear after processing is complete to indicate the number of queries added. No alert is shown when queries have not been added. You can view or hide the Word comments that are inserted via the Review ribbon > Show Markup > Comments.
The following conditions can cause eXtyles to add queries during journal reference processing:
A journal title is found that is not in the eXtyles journal title database
The first page number is greater than the last page number
A reference has only a first page number and not a last page number
The reference does not have an article title or the reference lacks page numbers
Could not find a publisher name for a book reference (<bok>)
Could not find a publisher location for a book reference (<bok>)
Viewing References
If necessary, toggle the Hide Tags button on the eXtyles ribbon to turn on and off the display of reference type tags (<jrn>, <bok>, etc.).
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Do not delete the tags in order to hide them, because they carry important information used by other functions on the Advanced Processing menu. |