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If I put optional label in the \bibitem numeric values are replaced by the label in bibliography. I would like to display label in citation while still retaining the numeric values in bibliography list. I tried putting optional values in \cite key but I do not want that kind of format.

If you read in above wiki page Why won't LaTeX generate any output?
it says that LATEX needs multiple passes to accomplish the task in order to read the file from different source.
I am really not keen on learning vim now due to shortage of time.
However I'll be waiting for someone's advice if ...

I am new to LATEX.I would like to use bibtex for my bibliography. However I am working on windows and not fond of using commands as it is not efficient.
pdflatex *.tex
bibtex *.aux
pdflatex *.tex
pdflatex *.tex

I read it in wikibooks http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Bibliography_Management
that ...