Editing Citations

If there is an error in a citation that is due to an error the data in an Ibidem record (for example, if the title or author's name is misspelled), the Ibidem record can be edited. Simply find the record in Ibidem and delete, add or change the text in any of the fields. Your changes in Ibidem will be saved when you move to a different record or close the database or close Ibidem. To rewrite your citations and bibliography using changed data in Ibidem, click the Update Dynamic Citations button or press Alt+F7.

Changes can also be made to citations that have already been inserted in a document by changing the settings in the lower portion of the Popup Ibidem dialog.

1	Position the cursor in the citation (either the marker or the note) for the citation you want to edit.

2	Press Ctrl+F7 or right-click on the citation and choose Inspect/Inspect/Edit or go to Ibidem and click Cite, Inspect/Edit Cite. The Popup Ibidem dialog will open with the selected citation listed at the bottom of the dialog

3	Edit the settings in the bottom half of the dialog to your preference. See Popup Ibidem.

5	Click the Update Dynamic Citations button or press Alt+F7 to rewrite the citations and bibliography in you document. This step is not necessary if your citations set to update automatically See Updating Citations.

Other Reference Options dialog: This dialog lets you customize the placement of your reference list, the use of shortened cites, and the inclusion of closing citation markers. From Ibidem, click Cite, Other Reference Options. See Other Reference Options.

Adding text to a citation: You may wish to introduce a citation with your own text. For example, you could create a footnote that includes a textual introduction to a citation such as: "For a different perspective, see ..." This can be done by inserting a citation inside a footnote window. See Combining Text and Citations.

Direct editing of text: Since bibliographic citations are controlled by Ibidem, the program will prevent you from editing the text of a citation directly. It is unlikely that you will need to edit a citation directly. However, if you need to do so, turning the Dynamic Off/On feature off for a single citation will allow you to edit the text of the citation manually, but the citation will no longer be dynamically updated by the program. For more information, see Dynamic Off/On.

Customizing a citation: The Alt Cite feature of Ibidem allows you to create a customized citation style for both in-text and reference list citations. See Customizing Citations.