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| author | tpearson <tpearson@283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da> | 2010-03-01 19:17:32 +0000 |
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| committer | tpearson <tpearson@283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da> | 2010-03-01 19:17:32 +0000 |
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Added KDE3 version of Tellico
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diff --git a/tellico.tips b/tellico.tips new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ffd8d87 --- /dev/null +++ b/tellico.tips @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ +<tip category="Tellico"> +<html> +<p>...that if a book has more than one author, you should separate +their names by a semi-colon, so that Tellico will know how to split them +and use them separately.</p> +<p>Any other field which allows multiple values should be entered the +same way, with a semi-colon (;) separating each value.</p> +</html> +</tip> +<tip category="Tellico"> +<html> +<p>...that you can change which fields are shown in the list view by +right-clicking on the column header. +</html> +</tip> +<tip category="Tellico"> +<html> +<p>...that you can add, edit, or modify the fields in the collection using +the Field Editor. The arrow buttons below the field list can be used to change the +position of the field in the list, which affects the placement in the entry +editor.</p> +</html> +</tip> +<tip category="Tellico"> +<html> +<p>...that if you want to filter by a Checkbox field, a value of +"true" should be used. If you'd like to filter to +show only the science fiction books which you've not read, for +example, check the <em>Match all of the +following</em> button, set the first rule to have "Genre" +"contains" "Science Fiction" (no quotes) and the second rule to +have "Read" "does not contain" "true" (no quotes).</p> +</html> +</tip> +<tip category="Tellico"> +<html> +<p>...that if a non-word character is used in the Quick Filter, the text is +interpreted as a regular expression.</p> +<p>To show only books which are by Weber or Bujold, for example, then +type "weber|bujold" (no quotes) in the filter box.</p> +</html> +</tip> +<tip category="Tellico"> +<html> +<p>...that you can edit more than one entry at a time, by holding down +the Shift or Ctrl key and selecting multiple entries.</p> +</html> +</tip> +<tip category="Tellico"> +<html> +<p>...that you can convert an existing book collection to a bibliography, +which can then be exported to bibtex or Bibtexml format.</p> +</html> +</tip> +<tip category="Tellico"> +<html> +<p>...that you can add, edit, and delete string macros for bibliographies.</p> +</html> +</tip> +<tip category="Tellico"> +<html> +<p>...that if more than one field is formatted as a name, then an additional +group named "People" is added to the collection, allowing authors and editors +to be sorted or printed together, for example.</p> +</html> +</tip> +<tip category="Tellico"> +<html> +<p>...that you can modify the appearance of the printed output by modifying +the <tt>tellico-printing.xsl</tt> file. The file generates HTML, and the CSS +within the stylesheet governs things like the font, the margins, etc.</p> +</html> +</tip> +<tip category="Tellico"> +<html> +<p>...that you can import using any generic XSL stylesheet which +outputs a valid Tellico XML file.</p> +</html> +</tip> +<tip category="Tellico"> +<html> +<p>...that double-clicking an entry item opens the Entry Editor.</p> +</html> +</tip> +<tip category="Tellico"> +<html> +<p>...that you can add HTML tags to any Paragraph field for formatting, such as +<b>bold</b> or <i>italic</i>.</p> +</html> +</tip> +<tip category="Tellico"> +<html> +<p>...that in the Detailed View, you can press a letter on the +keyboard to skip to the next entry that starts with that letter.</p> +</html> +</tip> +<tip category="Tellico"> +<html> +<p>...that you can use Dependent Fields to combine multiple separated fields +into a single field. Just select the type Dependent and use a description +similar to "Value: %{fielda}%{fieldb}" where %{...} gets replaced with the +appropriate field value. This is useful to collect multiple values in a +single field, e.g. for better grouping, and to combine fields of different +types by respecting proper sorting at the same time. Consider for example +a number field followed by a text subfield with entries 3b, 14a.</p> +</html> +</tip> |