If you are a ProCite user and want to give Biblioscape a try for its advanced features, you can transfer your bibliographic records from a ProCite database to a Biblioscape database easily. The following are some simple steps you can follow. Click here to view a more detailed instruction with graphics at Biblioscape Web site.
1. Start Windows file manager and move ProCite style file from "c:\program files\biblioscape 4\tools\procite2biblioscape.pos" to directory "c:\program files\procite4\styles\".
2. Start ProCite and click menu command "File | Print Bibliography".
3. Click "..." button to select the style file "ProCite2Biblioscape.pos" mentioned in previous step.
4. Click "Configure" button, select "Fields" tab, check boxes "Show Notes", "Show Abstract", and "Show Keywords", Then click "OK" button.
5. Next, go back to the Print Preview window, click the "Save..." button to save it as a text file
6. Start Biblioscape, click menu command "File | Import...". Click "Browse" button to select the file you just exported from ProCite. On the "Tagged" tab, select "ProCite2Biblioscape" as the "Import filter", then click "Start" button to import.
Note: If you have customized workforms in your ProCite database, you need to modify the ProCite style file "ProCite2Biblioscape.pos", so each of your customized workforms will correspond to a "Reference Type" in Biblioscape database. You should put Biblioscape reference type after tag "p0--", and list all other fields under their corresponding tags, for example "p1--", "p2--", etc.