If you are a ProCite user and want to try Biblioscape, you can easily transfer your bibliographic records from a ProCite database into a Biblioscape database. Follow the steps below to make the transfer.
| 1. | Start Windows file manager and move the ProCite style file from "...\Biblioscape X\tools\procite2biblioscape.pos" to the "C:\Program Files\ProCite 4\Styles\" folder (if you are using ProCite 5, move it to the "C:\Program Files\ProCite 5\Styles\Standard\" folder). |
| 2. | Start ProCite and click the menu command "File | Print Bibliography". |
| 3. | Click the "..." button and select the style file "ProCite2Biblioscape.pos" mentioned in Step 1. |
| 4. | Click the "Configure" button, select the "Fields" tab, and check the boxes "Show Notes", "Show Abstract", and "Show Keywords". Click the "OK" button. |
| 5. | Return to the Print Preview window in step 3, and click the "Save..." button to save it as a text file. The default file type may be set as "Rich Text Format" after clicking the "Save..." button, so be sure to change it to the "Text" file format. |
| 6. | Start Biblioscape, select the references folder where you want to import the records and click the menu command "File | Import...". |
| 7. | Click the "Browse" button and select the file you just exported from ProCite. On the "Tagged Plain Text" tab, select "ProCite2Biblioscape" as the "Import filter", then click the "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 that each of your customized workforms will correspond to a "Reference Type" in the Biblioscape database. You should put the appropriate Biblioscape reference type after tag "p0--" (see the screen shot below), and list all other fields under their corresponding tags, for example "p1--", "p2--", etc.
