Preview Options

The Preview Pane on the Ibidem screen displays the selected record in the style that is selected. Move your cursor over the preview icon in the top left of the preview pane to see the style that is being used in the preview.

To change the style, click View, Preview Options. The style is noted in blue. Both the "In-Text" or citation format and the "Reference" or reference list/bibliography format are shown. The preview pane can be displayed (or hidden) by clicking View and clicking to check (or uncheck) Preview Pane.

The following options are available:

Insert In-Text or Reference: The record formatted as shown in the Preview Pane can be inserted in the active Nota Bene document at the point of the cursor by double-clicking on the green links (In-Text or Reference). Alternatively, the In-Text format can be inserted by clicking View, Preview Options, Insert In-Text (or by pressing Shift+Alt+Ins) and the Reference format can be inserted by clicking View, Preview Options, Insert Reference (or by pressing Alt+Ins). Note that when you use any of these methods, you are merely inserting the text that you see in the preview. To insert a citation that is dynamically linked to Ibidem and can be automatically included in a bibliography, see Inserting Citations.

Copy In-Text or Reference: The record formatted as shown in the Preview Pane can be copied to the Windows clipboard. From the clipboard, it can be pasted into a Nota Bene file or into almost any Windows program by using the standard File, Paste or Ctrl+V. To copy the In-Text format to the Windows clipboard, click View, Preview Options, Copy In-Text (or press Shift+Alt+F2). To copy the Reference format to the Windows clipboard, click View, Preview Options, Copy Reference (or press Alt+F2).

Font: To change the font or font size that is used in the Preview Pane, click View, Preview Options, Font and use the Font dialog to change the font and/or font size. The default setting is Times New Roman, 10 point. See Set Font Dialog.

Change Display: The Style, In-Text format, or Reference format can be displayed (or hidden) by clicking View, Preview Options and then clicking to check (or uncheck) the item you wish to display (or hide). There is also an option to reverse the order.

Change Style: To change the style that is shown in the preview pane, click View, Preview Options, Style. Use the dropdown lists to select an In-Text Style (for citations) and a Reference-List style and then click Accept. The "Auto" style picks up the style of the active Nota Bene document or chooses AAA (American Anthropological Association) if the active Nota Bene document does not have a defined style. You can preview all of the styles that are available for in-text citations and reference list or bibliography. For instructions, see Previewing Styles.