Inserting citations from Bookends

Feature requests, and in-depth discussions of features and the way Mellel works

Moderators: Eyal Redler, redlers, Ori Redler

Post Reply
Chris Price
Got the auto-title mojo working
Posts: 21
Joined: Fri Jan 26, 2018 1:48 am

Inserting citations from Bookends

Post by Chris Price »

Hi, everyone.

Since installing Mellel 5, I have to appeal once again for help with this. I open up the 'Insert Citation' dialog box with the keystroke CMD+CTRL+Y, so as to input the page number, BUT hitting OK no longer seems to deliver the citation into the Mellel document as it once did.

Any advice would be very much appreciated.
Amontillado
Knows everything, can prove it
Posts: 148
Joined: Fri May 04, 2018 4:00 am

Re: Inserting citations from Bookends

Post by Amontillado »

I have Mellel 5 and Bookends and can't duplicate the problem.

In the Bookends preferences, do you have Mellel 5 selected? That option is called 'word processor' in the general category in Bookends' preferences. If that's set to a now-missing Mellel 4, maybe that's the problem.

Might be worth a look, anyway.

Good luck! (Darke & Freedman, 1997, p. 25)

Yeah, I know, looks snarky, but figured I'd show what I got. Seriously, good luck. No snark-ness intended.

Darke, P. R., & Freedman, J. L. (1997). The belief in good luck scale. Journal of research in personality, 31(4), 486-511.
Amontillado
Knows everything, can prove it
Posts: 148
Joined: Fri May 04, 2018 4:00 am

Re: Inserting citations from Bookends

Post by Amontillado »

Forgot - there is also a bibliography setting in Mellel's preferences - mine gives the options of Bookends and Sente.
Icelander
Knows everything, can prove it
Posts: 366
Joined: Mon Aug 18, 2014 10:59 pm

Re: Inserting citations from Bookends

Post by Icelander »

Chris Price wrote: Sat Jan 02, 2021 6:38 pm hitting OK no longer seems to deliver the citation into the Mellel document as it once did.
Make sure Bookends is allowed to talk to Mellel. See the fourth last post in this thread:
https://www.sonnysoftware.com/phpBB3/vi ... 64&p=22050

Scroll down to the fourth last post and start reading there.
Amontillado
Knows everything, can prove it
Posts: 148
Joined: Fri May 04, 2018 4:00 am

Re: Inserting citations from Bookends

Post by Amontillado »

Curious - under Accessiblity I see Bookends but it is not allowed to control my computer.

But command-Y/control-command-Y work. I have to have Bookends open, otherwise command-Y just gets a disappointed beep.

Interesting.
Chris Price
Got the auto-title mojo working
Posts: 21
Joined: Fri Jan 26, 2018 1:48 am

Re: Inserting citations from Bookends

Post by Chris Price »

Thank you, Amontillado! The solution was indeed the Bookends - Preferences suggestion.

Much appreciated.
Post Reply