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A friend of a friend, sitting in the next room, working on a journal
article, is using EndNote 7 (http://www.endnote.com).
This is a plug-in for Word or WordPerfect that accesses your database of
references (you can have multiple databases), including accessing it
over the Internet, and manages the insertion of callouts and the
formatting of the end notes.
A cursory perusal indicates that you have to pick a note style from
their library of styles, and if you don't find the style you want, you
have two choices: You can ask them to add a style, which you can then
download from their site; or you can apply whatever macros or
search/replace strategy you want to on your own.
Anyway, this looks like an interesting and useful piece of software for
people who have the need for it. But the question is, is there anyone
out there this afternoon who has some expertise with the program and
would be willing to provide some tips off-list to the user in the next
room, who has only just started using it? If so, I'll put you in touch.
