Editing a Quotation

You can edit Quotations in both the Reference Editor and the Knowledge Organizer. The Knowledge Organizer shows you all the quotations (and thoughts) in your entire project, while the Reference Editor shows you only those belonging to the current reference.

In the Reference Editor

1.Switch to the reference containing the quotation you want to edit.

2.Click the Quotations and comments tab.

3.In the list, click the quotation you want to edit.

4.Double-click the quotation (or right-click it and choose Edit quotation or thought) to open the editing window. Make the desired changes and click OK to finish.

5.Right-click to open the shortcut menu and select:

oAssign categories to use categories to organize your project.

oQuote with placeholder to copy the quotation and its placeholder to the Clipboard.

oDelete quotation to permanently remove the quotation.

In the Knowledge Organizer

The upper part of the window shows you your categories as an outline, with the number of quotations and thoughts assigned to a category in parentheses. You can also show the number of references in a category by turning on Show Number of References on the View menu. The lower part of the window shows the quotations and thoughts.

1.In the list, click the quotation you want to edit.

2.Double-click the quotation (or right-click it and choose Edit quotation or thought) to open the editing window. Make the desired changes and click OK to finish.

3.Right-click to open the shortcut menu and select:

oAssign categories to use categories to organize your project.

oQuote with placeholder to copy the quotation and its placeholder to the Clipboard.

oDelete to permanently remove the quotation.

oEdit to switch to the Reference Editor and edit the reference.

You can also drag a quotation to the category you want to assign it to.

Copying a Quotation

1.Copy the quotation to the clipboard:

oTo duplicate a quotation to a new location (for example, to another project), click the quotation to select it and press Ctrl+C.

oTo move a quotation without duplicating it (for example, to move it from one reference to another), select the quotation and press Ctrl+X.

2.Switch to the reference you want to add the quotation to and press Ctrl+V to paste it.

URL for this page: http://manual.citavi.com/en/?editing_quotations.htm (Last updated: 14.06.2011 15:34:06)
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