RefWorks guide: Output Style Editor

What is Output Style Editor?

The Output Style Editor allows you to create custom output styles by either creating a completely new style or modifying an existing output style to suit your needs.

An Output Style is any combination of in-text citations, notes (footnote or endnote) and a bibliography.  You have to set up each section that is appropriate for your desired output.  You can also take an existing output style and add formatting for specific languages, which is very useful if you will have a multi-language bibliography

There are two major components to every output style –

• The Settings:  There are settings for the Bibliography, the In-Text Citations and the Notes that determine line spacing, headings, sort order, etc.  You determine the settings for each area as necessary.

• The Reference Type definitions:  Each of the three areas (Bibliography, In-Text Citations and Notes) can have defined reference types where you decide exactly which fields of information are used, the order of the fields, as well as any punctuation, spacing and text attributes for every reference type you need to have for your final output (i.e., a book, a journal, a web page, a dissertation, etc.).