Information primarly for users of Version
5.0:
It is DatAid's policy to continually make improvements and
correction available to GetARef's users. Accordingly, within each major
version (3, 4, 5, etc), new updates have regulary been published on
GetARef''s web site. Accordingly, the latest release of GetARef's main program (version
5.001.030) and
import routines (version 5..001.024)
are fairly close to GetARef 6.0 with respect to
functionality.
Yet, the
accumulated enhancements in GetARef
5.0 together with
the enhancements described below warrants a new version number.
Continuity
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Reference files and format file created with GetARef 4.0 and GetARef
5.0 can be used without modifications. Format files
created in GetARef 6.0 cannot be used with earlier GetARef versions.
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Edited or added journal
name definitions in the journal name databases of GetARef 4.0 and 5.x
can easily be imported to GetARef 6.0.
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News
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Technical |
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- GetARef 6.0 supports
'initialization' of GetARef for new users on a single
computer once GetARef has been installed
by an administrator. This obviates the need for
each user to makes a user-specific full installation and makes it
easier to keep GetARef updated
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Memory
leaks related to some threaded operations
have been elimianted.
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News
- Display |
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- The height of the "reference proper window" (top window in the single reference display containg
the actual reference) is now properly adjusted
to the amount of text whatever font used.
- Improved handling of
scrolling among references. In particular, the time required to
update individual single lines in the single line display has been reduced and thereby
it's now quicker to scroll upwards (PgUp).
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- Changing the font
used for displaying references should affect the current language
only. In 5.1 it affected the font of all languages.
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News
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Import |
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- GetARef automatically creates a
backup file of the original reference file if the user when importing
references decides to overwrite (rather than
append references to) a reference file. In other
words, when a reference file is inadvertently overwritten when
importing references, GetARef automatically creates a backup file.
- Importing references is no longer
threaded (i.e., GetARef is fully occupied while importing references).
- GetARef now imports surnames with
hyphens, e.g., 'Smith-Brown' in names appearing in dumpf iles from
WebSPIRS (CAB and Current Contents).
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- Adjusted the dialog used for
importing from PubMed to the new 'short version
display' retrieved from PubMed. Also, selecting only some of the references displayed in the short list has been
simplified.
- Old PubMed records (e.g., from the
1950's) may have authors names in capital letters only. These are
changed by GetARef to a mix of upper and lower
cases.
- GetARef recognizes the new PubMed
download format and handles records 'In press' ('aheadofprint')
- GetARef has been adapted to numerous
new variants of Endnote and RIS import formats
that has used by various publishers.
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News - Link handling |
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- GetARef now supports DOI links (Digital Object Identifiers) from
individual references to their corresponding
electronic records.
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News -
Word processors |
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- Support for all Word versions (7-2003) by means
of a single new Add-in file.
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Import and export
references in the BibTex file format.
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- Significantly improved support for
completing Latex documents, e.g., GetARef now handles the
include directive of LaTex documents and numbered reference lists are flawless.
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