After reading the source and accumulating enough notes, you are ready to write the first draft. You are likely to write your first draft in a word processor. Biblioscape provides easy ways to transfer your notes from Biblioscape to your favorite word processor. The Biblioscape composition module provides another way to write your first draft. It supports content reuse and outlining by using drag and drop.
Transfer notes to a word processor
If you use Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect, you can shoot a note or select text in a note to be moved to your word processor. But, if you have a large screen, it will be easier to drag and drop notes from Biblioscape to your word processor document.
Shoot note
| 1. | In the notes preview pane or notes editor, select the text you want to transfer. If no text is selected, the whole note plus its title will be included. |
| 2. | Click the menu command "Edit | Shoot Notes" or press Ctrl+S to shoot the selected text into your word processor document. |
Transfer notes by drag and drop
| 1. | In the notes preview pane or note editor, select the text you want to transfer. |
| 2. | Hold down the Ctrl key and drag the selected text into your word processor document. |
| 3. | Drop the selection at the desired position in your word processor. |
If there are references linked to the note, the linked references will be added after the selected text in the form of temporary citations. For example, if reference "Smith, J. K. 2003" is linked to the note and the selected text is "This is my first transfer...". The dropped text will become "This is my first transfer... [Smith, J. K. 2003 #439]". When you link the note to a reference, if a page number is added to the link description field, Biblioscape will include the page number as the Cited Page in the temporary citation. So, the dropped text will become "This is my first transfer... [Smith, J. K. 2003 @23-25 #439]". Beware that the Cited Page will not be used unless the output style you have selected supports the cited page. If more than one reference is linked to the note, all will be included as multiple citations separated by " / ". For example: "This is my first transfer... [Smith, J. K. 2003 @23-25 #439 / Bowen, D. 2005 #390]".
Drag and drop text to a note
You can drag and drop text from other applications that support inter-application drag and drop into a note. First, move the cursor position to the place you want the text to be dropped to in the Biblioscape note. Next, select the text in the other application, and drag and drop it to the Biblioscape note.
Assemble notes in the composition module
The Biblioscape composition module is designed for thesis and book writing projects. When working on a big writing project, you may have thousands of notes. It will be much easier to organize your notes inside Biblioscape to create the first draft. Creating an outline with individual notes will be much faster than doing copy and paste in a word processor. Click the "Notes" tab on the right; you can open a notes folder, collection, smart collection, or you can search notes using Fast Search. You can then select the notes you want and drag and drop them into the outline of your composition project. It is also easy to add a new note directly into the outline and to do the writing in the preview panel. The composition module will be explained in detail in the next chapter.
