MKBL TUTORIAL

The editor can be in several different modes depending on what operation you are currently performing. When you first start up the editor, it should normally be in the "view" mode. Please tick the little boxes below to see the editor in the different modes.

The editor window is always divided into two halves. The left half is the list window. It shows one of the three lists in your mkbl database. Select which list to view by ticking the little radio-buttons above the list. Below the list there are some buttons. What these do depends on which mode the editor is in.

The right half of the window is the editor itself. When you decide to either add or edit an entry, the editor pops up and allows you add or change the information stored in the database.

• View Mode
  This mode is the standard mode in which the editor should start up. It allows you to examine the contents of your database, and edit them should it prove necessary.
  • The list selection switches
    These little buttons choose which list is shown in the list window below.

  • The list window
    SECTION INCOMPLETE

  • The add button
    SECTION INCOMPLETE

  • The edit button
    SECTION INCOMPLETE

  • The delete button
    SECTION INCOMPLETE

• Add or Edit Papers
  When you click on either the add or edit buttons and you have selected papers from the list selection switches, you will get the paper editor in the right hand panel. If you pressed the add button, you will be working on a new entry in the database. The entry will be added when you press OK. If you chose to edit an existing entry, the old values will appear in the fields. Overwrite them as necessary, and press OK to chage the database. If you press Cancel the entries will remain as before.

  • The title field
    Guess what this is for! SECTION INCOMPLETE

  • The authors
    The author editor has several different parts. On the right hand side of the screen is a list which shows all the different authors of the paper. On the left hand side is an input field for entering new authors, and some buttons for performing different operations on the authors.

    There are several way of entering a new author for a paper:

    • Enter the name in the input field and press Return og click on the Add author button. The author should now appear on the list. In brackets just before the author is either the number of the author in the author list (this just depends on which order they were originaly read in, and changes every time you run MKC), or the letter N (for new) if the author does not already appear in the list.
    • Enter a period (.) pluss the abbreviation code for the author into the input field and press Return or click on the Add author button. The author should now appear on the list. You can change the abbreviation for any author by going back to View mode and using the selection switches to select the author list. Highlight the author you want, and click on the Edit button. Enter the abbrevation in the appropriate field, and click on OK.
    • Switch the main list into author mode by clicking on the author selection switch. Highlight the author you want to add and click on the insert button. The author should appear on the list.

    If at some point you enter the wrong author, you can always delete the author by highlighting the name on the list, and then click on Delete author. Similarly, if the authors appear in the wrong order, you can move authors up the list by hightlighting the name, and clicking on Move up.

  • The journal field
    What can I say? Enter the name of the journal, or enter a period (.) followed by the abbreviation code for the journal.

  • The year/volume/page fields
    SECTION INCOMPLETE

  • The 3 user definable fields
    SECTION INCOMPLETE

  • The Interest and Quality rating
    SECTION INCOMPLETE

  • References to other papers
    SECTION INCOMPLETE

  • Field for additional comments
    SECTION INCOMPLETE

  • The insert button
    SECTION INCOMPLETE

  • The OK button
    SECTION INCOMPLETE

  • The clear button
    SECTION INCOMPLETE

  • The cancel button
    SECTION INCOMPLETE

• Add or Edit Authors and Journals
  SECTION INCOMPLETE