Papyrus user manual

You may also modify any of these, or create new formats from scratch. The references in your list may be arranged alphabetically, or in the order they are cited within your manuscript.

Or you can sort them some other way -- such as a reading list organized by topic or year. You have full control over margins, headers, footers, pagination, line spacing, superscripts, boldface, etc.

Other word processors can also be accommodated. It automatically assembles your bibliography, rewriting the manuscript citations according to whichever formatting style you have chosen -- either citation number or author and year.

If the latter, it will take care of adding a letter to the year when necessary "Smith, b" , and can deal with whatever punctuation and "et al. Pop-up windows allow you to access your collections of authors, editors, journals, keywords, etc. A special glossary feature eliminates the repeated typing of words or phrases that you use frequently. This menu is for everything related to helping you use Papyrus Author. You will find an introduction, the manual and additional help documents.

It is the base for learning everything about Papyrus Author. Part A of the manual sections 1 to 24 is a tutorial-style manual and a great place to start for basic functionality information. Part B sections 25 to 36 is a reference guide and gives more in-depth information on Papyrus Author functionality. Part C relates to Papyrus Base functionality and Part D is a miscellaneous section for anything not previously covered.

You can choose from a selection of informative video tutorials presented by author Ben Brown. Here he explains Papyrus Author functionality and also gives useful hints and tips. The papyrus plant enjoys full sun and has a sensitivity to frost, like most tropical plants. The first instance of documented papyrus came in Egypt's first dynasty.

However, many researchers believe that papyrus was used as a writing material as early as 4, BC. It continued in some manner of use until about the 11th century. Its primary rivals as a writing material included scrolls made from animal skins and the Chinese method of making paper from rags.

Parchment and paper went into widespread use by the 12th century in Europe and elsewhere, however, papyrus remained an option in some places. Egypt continued using it until the inexpensive paper became more common. A variety of documents written on papyrus remain preserved to this day.

The various documents contain a range of subjects, from biographies, to maps, religious texts and scientific or medical documents. A short list of papyri from ancient Egypt with subject matter is as follows:. The Ebers Papyrus is particularly famous among ancient Egyptian papyri. It contains extensive herbal and medical knowledge and dates back to BC. It currently resides in the University of Leipzig library in Germany.

Georg Ebers bought the document in —74 at Luxor. The scroll is about pages long and is considered one of the oldest medical documents in the world.