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Quick Start Guide

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Use this screen to enter data into the database. (If you already have data stored somewhere else, you may want to take a look at the import functions of WibTeX.)
Use the list view to have a quick overview on your records.
To work with BibTeX, export your data into the BibTeX format (from the main window).
To work with Microsoft Word or OpenOffice, use this view first. In the general section, transfer records one by one to Word or OpenWriter using the buttons in the lower part of the screen.
To generate a list of references in Word or OpenOffice, you must have fulfilled step 4 first. Then, from the main window, click on the Word or OpenOffice button.
To generate a list of references with ALL the records in the database, use the export function to RTF or HTM.

That's it for a start! There is lots more to discover, please take a moment to browse through these pages.

Enjoy!

Installation

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The setup file installs all files required automatically. Deinstallation is as usual via the Windows configuration panel or by using the uninstall command in the WibTeX program group.

The installation program requires admin privileges under Windows Vista and Windows 7 in order to register certain keys in the Windows registry. Please launch WibTex also with admin privileges once if you decide to buy the full version and want to register with the code provided (right-click, select "Run as Administrator" in the Windows Explorer).

The application will create on first run the file wibtex.ini which contains configuration settings. It is stored by default in the Public Users folder, e.g. C:\Users\Public\WibTeX since version 7.4.

BibTeX, OpenOffice, LyX and Microsoft Word

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A main feature of WibTeX is the interface to BibTeX, a TeX package by Oren Patashnik. TeX is a professional and free document preparation system. Many books and especially scientific texts are set in TeX. BibTeX permits to cite from a central database file and has many formatting features. This way references once typed are available in all new documents, and the table of references can be generated automatically.

WibTeX also provides an interface to Microsoft Word (version 2000 and above). You may not only store the entire database in a rich text file (RTF) or a web document (HTM) but also make individual configurations as to: selection of fields, sequence, preceding and following characters, formatting.

Since version 7.3, support has been added for OpenOffice Writer, basically with the same functions that are available for the Word interface. Direct quoting in LyX is being supported since version 7.4 - given you have a LyX installation no older than version 1.6.5.

BibTeX special features

It is very important to use the key word "and" when referring to more than one author.

If you choose to use BibTeX seriously, then you should get familiar with the way it works. A good documentation can be found in the appendix of the standard LaTeX book by Leslie Lamport, A Document Preparation System, Addison-Wesley. Here I only want to point out the way author names should be entered:

FirstName1 LastName1 and FirstName2 LastName2 and FirstName3 LastName3...

Middle names can simply be put in between. This format should also be used for later usage in Microsoft Word. WibTeX will deal with the necessary formatting.

The database format

Since version 6, WibTeX manages its data in a propriatary format. Data maybe exchanged via the import/export to the BibTeX text file format or, alternatively, via the CSV table format, which can be read by Microsoft Excel, among other applications.

Edit window

Clicking on the button "Single", you enter the edit window. Here you can create, edit, delete and search for records. You will see that there are already two example records; these can be removed at any time. In the field “annotations”, you can enter comments and ideas concerning a reference. This information, as any other, will be stored in the BibTeX file on export, but it will not appear in the references when running BibTeX. The same is true for the field “Code”, where you can enter information about your personal document storage system. The field “note”, however, is an official BibTeX field.

Since WibTeX version 5.0, you can drag & drop files directly from the Windows Explorer in the field “Url”. A click on the new link will start the linked application (or direct your standard browser to the web site).

Create a list of references for Microsoft Word/Open Office

Before creating an automatic list of references, you have to "push" quotations to the word processor. Here is how to proceed (example Word):

In the main window, go to the "Word" page and click on Format-Quotation. Customize your quotation format.
Open your Word document and navigate to where you want to insert a quotation.
Open Single view in WibTeX.
Click on to push the citation to Word.
In the main window of WibTeX, click on Word References.

Word stores the inserted references as bookmarks. You can view, modify and delete these entries by choosing "Bookmark" from the "Insert" menu. (Be aware that WibTeX needs the bookmarks. Once you have deleted a bookmark, the citation will not appear in the list of references anymore.)

In the upcoming dialog, you can select among several options concerning what the list of references is to look like. Among these are the selection of fields, their sequence and formatting as well as characters which you might want to precede or follow the data of a field, e.g. "(" and ")" before and after the "year" field.

Hint: You can store your individual configuration in a file to quickly restore it at a later time. Just click on the icons in the upper left corner.

Make sure to verify the list carefully and make changes where necessary – in a new WibTeX run or within the word processor.

RTF- or HTM document with list of references

In order to create a new RTF or HTM document with a list of references, click on the corresponding buttons in the "export" page of WibTeX. You will be asked to enter the file name of the new file. Note that this function exports the entire database, so be careful with large databases! Remember that these lists of references are very different from the Word document-type list of references, where only actual citations appear in the final list!

Data exchange via the Excel format CSV

You may export your records also to the CSV format. This can be read and edited by table calculation programs such as Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice. Since it is really a text format, it can also be viewed using any text editor.

More interestingly still might be the option to import external data into WibTeX. Make sure, however, that the structure of the file to be imported matches exactly the WibTeX database structure. To verify this, export a few records from WibTeX, then open the resulting file with Excel or alike. Now you can copy your data into the table and save the file in the CSV format. Open WibTeX and import the data.

Entering an abstract and key words

If you wish to add an abstract and key words to a literature record, click on the tab sheet “Abstract”. You may also format your text with the buttons below the edit field (bold, underline, italic, font). Formatting will be stored in the database but lost when the record is exported to the BibTeX (plain text) file format.

Optional entries and JuraBib

WibTeX offers support for JuraBib. Optionally, you can enter additional information on a record by clicking on the button “JuraBib” in the single view window. For instance, the fields “ISBN” or “shorttitle” might also be of interest to users who are unfamiliar with JuraBib. You can reach these field by clicking on the tab sheet “Extended”.

Since version 6, you may also add optional own fields. To do this, click on the tab sheet “Optional” and then the wizard button at the bottom. You will be asked for the field name. Then you can enter data into the field, which will be treated just as any other WibTeX field. If you no longer need the extra fields, you can delete them all at one by clicking the second button on this tab sheet. (Individual deletion of fields is not possible.)