Character Formatting

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Character Formatting - June 01, 1999

Biblioscape does not support formatting characters with font dialog except the document field. Although, you can use Biblioscape style editor to generate formatted record on the field level. For example, you can create a style to format Title field as italic. But, in some cases you may need to control the formatting of a few characters within a field. For example, you may want to format a chracter in Symbol font, or format a number as superscript, while leave the others be controlled by Biblioscape Style formatter. Biblioscape does support this kind of formatting by using Rich Text Format (RTF) code. The following examples will show you how to do it in a few simple cases.

The basic idea is to put raw RTF code along with normal text. So when Biblioscape generate bibliographies in RTF, the desired effect will be shown. To fully explore the power of RTF, you need to know the basics of RTF. Click here for a complete description of RTF. RTF code can also be used in Biblioscape style editor and make some truly fancy styles.

Using menu command "Edit | Font Properties"

In Biblioscape 5.2, a new menu command "Edit | Font Properties" is added to simplify the characters font change procedure. First you need to select the text which you want to change their font properties. Then go to menu command "Edit | Font Properties". Select the font styles you want to add. Click the OK button to apply the changes. Once the window is closed. RTF font properties code will be added around the text you have selected. For example, if you have selected the text "high temperature" and you add "Bold" style in the "Change font Properties" window. The text will now be changed to "{\b high temperature}". In the reference formatted preview pane ("View | Preview Pane | Formatted Preview"), the text "high temperature" will be shown in bold. If you need to generate the formatted bibliography in HTML format, please check the box "HTML" instead "RTF" in the "Change Font Properties" window. So the HTML font properties codes will be added instead. In the example given above, the text will be changed to "<b>high temperature</b>". HTML codes won't be displayed correctly in the formatted preview pane. You only need to add HTML code if you plan to generate formatted bibliography in HTML format.

Format characters in Symbol font

Case: Format 3 characters inside Title field in "Symbol" font.

Original: The effect of a,b-Phentoxol in Cancer Treatment

Desired: The effect of a,b-Phentoxol in Cancer Treatment

To Do: The effect of {\f1 a,b}-Phentoxol in Cancer Treatment

Note: At the first line of file "preview_rtf_header.txt" under the "...\Global\" folder, you can find the font definition section "{\fonttbl\...}". Several font names are listed. Each given a font number. Find the font number for the font you want to change to. If the font you want to use is not listed, you can add it to the "fonttbl" section and give it an unused number.

Format characters as Bold, Underline

Case: Format 6 characters inside Title field as bold and underline.

Original: The 2nd Gordon Conference in Reno

Desired: The 2nd Gordon Conference in Reno

To Do: The 2nd {\b\ul Gordon} Conference in Reno

Note: "\b" indicate bold, "\ul" indicate underline. "\sub" for subscript; "\strike" for strike through; "\i" for italic, "\super" for superscript.

Note: The above code examples are for RTF format. If you need to generate HTML file directly by Biblioscape, you need to replace RTF code with HTML code.

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