Customize Entry Templates

Ibidem provides you with a number of entry templates for different types of bibliographic resource materials. You can create a new entry template that is specifically tailored to your particular research project, or edit any of the existing templates to add fields you need for your work. In many non-bibliographic databases, you will want to customize entry templates or create new ones.

To edit a data entry template:

1	Click File, Properties to open the Properties dialog.

2	Click the tab for Entry Templates.

3	Click to highlight the name of the Entry Template you would like to edit.

4	In the Fields in Template area, click to select or clear fields on the template.

5	To change the label for a field on the template, click Edit when any of the fields is highlighted

8	Click the Up or Down buttons to change the order in which the fields appear on the data entry template.

9	Click OK to save the data entry template definition.

To create a new data entry template:

1	Click File, Properties to open the Properties dialog.

2	Click the tab for Entry Templates.

3	Click the Add button, and enter a name for the new data entry template.

4	In the Fields in Template area, click the check box for a field to include it on the new template.

5	To change the label for the field on the new data entry template, click Edit when any of the fields is highlighted

6	Click the Up or Down buttons to change the order in which the fields appear on the data entry template.

7	Click OK to save the data entry template definition.

To view the customized data entry template

1	Open the database with the customized template.

2	Click Edit, New Record.

3	Click on the name of the customized data entry template in the drop list.

Ibidem will display a blank record, with the customized data entry template.