News

Much better paragraph and layout preservation

• NEW: Tab stops and line numbers can now be preserved
• IMPROVED: Much better preservation of graphics, bullets, list IDs, and heading IDs
• FIXED: Where paragraph returns did not align with recognized document structure, Merops inserted a paragraph break instead of correctly displaying separate paragraphs
• FIXED: Errors in table border preservation
• FIXED: Some colour-coding wrongly appearing when turned off
• FIXED: Errors in paragraph indent preservation
• FIXED: Paragraphs wrongly merged/broken in many places

Plus, a new internal testing system for output Word documents will improve reliability of future updates.

References

NEW PREFERENCES:

• DOI link/ID style: DOI:http://dx.doi.org/
• Journal abbreviations: Journal of the American Medical Association: J Am Med Assoc (JAMA)
• Show book pages in brackets:
  • [square brackets]
• Show journal pages in brackets:
  • [square brackets]
• URL introduction:
  • From
  • From:

Front & end matter

NEW PREFERENCES:

• Punctuation after abstract heading:
  • :¶
  • .¶
• Correspondence info: Punctuation before email:
  • ,¶
• Data/materials availability heading:
  • Materials availability
  • Materials availability statement
• Novelty/significance statement heading:
  • Novelty and significance
  • Prime novelty statement
  • Statement of novelty
  • Novelty of this research article