Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > >> Ok, so I surmise that you're using natbib with numerical citation >> style. > > Angus, > > That's correct. > >> Question: is the bibtex file correct? Ie, if you create a latex >> file from your BibTeX data base can you run it through the latex >> compiler to generate a dvi file. Try the attached script, so: > > See attached .gz file. > > I put spaces between first and middle initials of the authors so > it now > complies. But, the format of the references differs from what > Springer wants. (I sent a copy to their TeX guru, too.) There are > three differences: > > 1) My output has the date at the end; they want it immediately > following > the author(s)' name(s). > > 2) My output has the titles italicized; they want an upright font. > > 3) My output lists authors by initials first; they want last > name(s) > first. > > While on this topic, how do I specify (or, where) which .bst to be > used? > > Many thanks, > > Rich >
Nothing attached, but no worries. To create a custom bst file use makebst. It's _really_ easy to use. See makebst.dvi which is probably part of your LaTeX distribution (grep makebst /usr/share/texmf/ls-R) As for where: in the BibTeX inset (The Style == plain bit specifies plain.bst) -- Angus
