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Re: Unable to cut the cord between RefMan and Word
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Author: Faith Donald
Posted: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:35:00 -0800
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I'm not sure if you have already tried this, but....
Try reverting to original text and deleting all refman field codes,
accept all changes in the Tools > Track Changes and then save.
Good luck with this and please let me know if it works, Faith
"Weir" wrote:
>Hi,
>We have a document that has gone through several reviewers, some who
>use RefMan, others who don't. At one point in the process we attempted
>to remove the field codes so that any changes would be made manually
>and no longer connected to a RefMan database. Whereas it appeared that
>the cord had been cut, it hadn't and when users opened the document, a
>whole new set of references would be added at the end as if RefMan was
>still working.
> I can not figure out how to do it other than just move all the text
>into a .txt file and then replace in a Word Document. But that isn't
>going to happen due to formatting issues.
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>My one sneaking suspicion is that when MS Word Comments were added to
>the reference section (basically indicating missing information in a
>reference bibliography), that it somehow made it impossible to truly
>cut the cord between refman and Word.
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>Is there any foolproof way of knowing or doing this? Anyone else
>encounter problems?
>I know RefMan is still active because there is some coding still
>visible and when rt. clicking on a reference, it allows us to still
>edit the field --and it highlights the entire section of references.
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>And finally--has anyone written guidelines on Document Flow and RefMan
>use? We have some informal guidelines, but it has been very problematic
>in a collaborative environment.
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Faith Donald, RN(EC); MS(CHN), Ph.D. Student, PHCNP Assistant Professor,
Primary Health Care, Ryerson University Seconded to the CHSRF/CIHR
Advanced Practice Nursing Chair McMaster University, School of Nursing
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