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From: Douglas Ritherdon <>
Subject: Re: TMG-L: Source Templates:Change Lackey to Mills?
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 19:06:32 +0000


>From: Lee Hoffman/KY <>
>Subject: Re: TMG-L: Source Templates:Change Lackey to Mills?
>
>Douglas Ritherdon wrote:
> >Having got all my data into TMGv4 satisfactorily I have now had a chance to
> >really examine the different methods available for citing sources. After
> >much reading, and especially studying Lee Hoffman's brilliant site, I
> >realise that I should have chosen Mills instead of Lackey before importing
> >and sorting my data. Is it reasonable, or even possible, to make the
> >change now. TMG's Manual talks about changing either Lackey or Mills to
> >Custom and vice versa, but makes no mention of changing from Lackey to
> >Mills directly. Is this possible without losing the source information
> >already recorded?
><snip>
>Yes
><snip>
>I suggest that you choose the Custom option because it allows you to add
>your own categories or modify any of the standard categories as you feel
>best. There are many more categories covered in Mills than in Lackey, but
>there are many sources that still don't quite fit the mold of a Mills
>categories. In that case, you may add your own custom category as desired
>while still maintaining the same style as given in the selected style
>manual (Mills or Lackey).
>
>Following the above, you will want to review each of your Sources to
>optimize them. Some of the Source Elements will not be required and new
>ones will be. Some Patterns shown in the Output Forms tab may require
>minor modifications. You may want to select different Source Categories
>for many of your Sources while a few will be fine. The whole process will
>be quite a bit of work, but it will be well worth your effort.

Lee
Thanks very much for your advice. The change was easy! Now for the editing.



--
Douglas Ritherdon

www.d.ritherdon.dial.pipex.com

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