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Merops Cloud update: New features, enhancements, and fixes

17 April 2024

We’ve updated the Merops Cloud!

NEW FEATURE: Number of initials for each author: all | 3 | 2 | 1 | make consistent | preserve original
Merops can now recognize numerical citations to specific references in a multi-reference paragraph, e.g. [23b]
When converting a multi-reference paragraph to the author–date system, Merops now splits the paragraph so that each reference has its own paragraph
Much better retrieval of full names, extra initials, and hyphens from Crossref and PubMed
NEW PREFERENCES: Dash for repeated names style: ———— (4 em dashes) | ____ (4 underscores) | ___ (3 underscores) | __ (2 underscores)
NEW PREFERENCE: Before editors: ;[space]
NEW PREFERENCES: Page count style: 10 p. | 10p.
New reference types: social media profile, published standard, miscellaneous

NEW FEATURE: Include national prefix after international prefix: yes (e.g. +44 (0)20...) | no (e.g. +44 20...) | preserve original
NEW PREFERENCES: Abstract ‘methods’ subheading: Methods | Method
NEW PREFERENCES: Keywords heading: Key indexing terms | Key index terms

Much better handling of line breaks, page breaks, and paragraph returns
NEW FEATURE: Include hyphens in person initials: no (Mary-Jane = MJ) | yes (Mary-Jane = M-J)
NEW SPELLING PREFERENCES:
- bar-code | barcode | bar code | make consistent | preserve original
- in-line | inline | make consistent | preserve original
- well-being | wellbeing | make consistent | preserve original
BUGS FIXED, INCLUDING:
- empty tables causing unopenable Word document
- occasional double point in a reference

This is a Merops Cloud update – no download is necessary.

The update also includes hundreds of other improvements and fixes.

Items with NEW PREFERENCE or NEW FEATURE can be turned on immediately using Custom Properties – contact us for the codes.