Author Processing automatically identifies and tags all sub-elements in the paragraph in your document that contains the author name(s).
This tagging is used primarily for the production of XML directly from eXtyles.
It can also be used to help compositors automatically identify author names that will be used in constructing running heads.
Author Processing should not be run on documents that are not being exported to XML.
How to use
Complete copy editing of the manuscript before running this process. Author Processing is designed to tag copy edited elements, not to automate copy editing.
The author paragraph(s) will be tagged and highlighted.
Example:
The following author paragraph:
Ravinder Mamtani, Jr., MD* and Andrea Cimino, RN, DPM, Licensed Acupuncturist**
will appear in this form after Author Processing:
All components of the author line, except for punctuation and connecting words, are color coded.
In addition, the author name components are styled with Word character styles such as au_fname or au_surname.
Warning: If your workflow involves converting plain text notes to linked notes, this function must be run before Author Processing to prevent the incorrect handling of author footnotes.
Character styles
Color coding is provided for proofing purposes.
If a name is miscoded by the automatic processing, it may be correctly coded by selecting the character styles in the following table from the Word Styles menu.
The following table shows the color coding and character style applied to each part of an author name.
Part
Character Style
Example Text
Author
None
Ravinder Mamtani, MD*
First name/Given name
au_fname
Ravinder
Surname
au_surname
Mamtani
Generation
au_suffix
Jr.
Degree(s)
au_deg
MD
Footnote link
cite_fn
*
Collaboration
au_collab
for the Biological Research Study Group (not shown in this example)