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- The
user can
change the language used
for the interface and for online help.
- The
colors and fonts of the
interface can be
adjusted.
- GetARef
automatically adjusts to user's preferences, e.g.,
window size and layouts.
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It is possible to
communicate with Internet via a password procted proxy server.
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GetARef can
automatically checked for availability of new program versions.
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Takes full advantage of
a free web service developed by DatAid:
www.authorinstructions.com.
This serive gives access to author instructions for >7,000
tidskrifter and >1,000 journal specific format files used by
GetARef to create formatted references.
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GetARef connects directly to PubMed to make it easy to
find and download references.
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Easy to downlad citations from practically all online
journals.
- GetARef
can, of course, also be used without any Internet
connection.
- GetARef
is aware of DOI and it is easy to link individual
references to full text.
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- GetARef
can create and support an unlimited number of
reference files ('data bases').
- It is
possible to simultaneously have
several
reference files opened in different windows
and even to 'drag' references from one file to another.
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GetARef can export referenser in the following formats: Medlar, RIS
and BibTex.
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- It is
easy to change the display
order of references.
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GetARef is able to use 'aliases' which simplifies working on several
computer and to store references on LAN servers.
It is easy to update from 'old' reference managing
systems to GetARef (from REFED, EndNote, Reference Manager,
etc).
Example 
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- It is
easy to import refernces from most online journals.
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It is possible to 'paste' references in several common formats
including
Medline, RIS och BibTex.
This function makes it easy, for instance, to take advantage of the
citation information provided by Scholar
Google.
GetARef has a data
base with > 18,000
journal names with the
complete names, abbrevitations according Medlar, Index Medicus
and BIOSIS but also their
ISSN numbers.
Example 
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GetARef doesn't impose any particular way of organizing reprints or
references.
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GetARef supports the use of 'reprint numbers' and allows a users to
keep up as many as 20 different series of such
numbers.
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- GetARef
is the only reference managing system that is
completely independent on the user organizing their references by
means of keywords or tags.
- With
any preparation at all, GetARef
searches several thousands
references per second and indexed reference files of 100 MB or more
within one or two seconds.
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addition to standard boolean
operators (AND,
OR, NOT) GetARef offers advanced operators (ANY, NONE, ALL, NEAR).
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It is easy to search references using the type of search expressions
popoular with for instance Google.
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Import
of references
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Formated reference list can be created in document files as well as
for printnig.
- New
formats can easily be created under full visual control.
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Format files kan be improted freely from DatAid's free web service:
www.authorinstructions.com.
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GetARef
is the only reference managing system on the market
that using its own journal name database can
provide correct name formats for any journal, e.g., abbreviation
according to Index Medicus or the complete
journal name independently of the user
preferred journal name format in the reference files.
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- By
means of special place holders
('pseudo citations') GetARef
can insert correct citation forms and correct reference lists in
manuscripts.
- GetARef
offers a seamless integratino with Microsoft
Word 7.0-2010.
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GetARef works well with WordPerfect
(5.1 - Office 2002).
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GetARef
works with any word processor able to handle Rich Text Format.
GetARef
is adapted Latex (it can, for instance, handle the include command and
does produce numbered reference lists in 'Latex style')
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- The
users decides where citations should appear and where in the
manuscript the reference list should be inserted. Then GetARef creates
the finished manuscript in a few seconds.
- GetARef
allows users to use citations from any number of
reference files in a single manuscript.
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- DatAid
regularly offers free updates of import routnies, for improvements and
for bug fixes (see
example
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New routines to to references from public databases are developed for
freem with a few days.
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Reference
files
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LAN
- GetARef
can be used in networks; it is,
for instance, possible for a user to share reference files via a LAN
server.
- GetARef
supports UNC names (such
as
//OurServer/OurFiles/GroupFile.ref)
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Output formats
- GetARef
is able to control in detal the format of references
and create user defined formats.
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