Hi, I quote the Tutorial: begin{quote} [...] it may be convenient to leave the Insert Reference window open [...] end{quote} which is impossible when I only can generate references with the <OK> button! An <Apply> button will certainly add functionality to the Reference dialog. Rob. PS: I've noticed there are two 'styles' of <OK> and <Close> buttons: plain ones and ones with a little return-arrow to the right. For example: Layout-dialog, Character-Style-dialog and Reference-dialog. The return-arrow with the <OK> is very good when it also closes the dialog, but the return-arrow with the <Close> is superfluous.