MS Word - Lesson 16: References and Citations

TipsMake.com - Word 2007 provides some great tools for citing sources, creating folders and managing resources. The first step to creating a reference list and citation in a document is to choose the appropriate type that you will use to format citations and references.

Style

To select a publishing style:

• Click the References tab on the Ribbon group

• Click the list box next to Style in the Citations group and Bibliograpy

• Choose the appropriate model.

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Citation (citation)

To insert a citation in the text of the document

• Click the References tab on the Ribbon group

• Click the Insert Citation button on the Citations & Bibliography group

• If this is a new source, click Add New Source

• If you already have a source, it will be in the list and you just need to select it.

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• If you are creating a New Source, select Type of source (such as book, article, .)

• Complete the Create Source form

• If you need more information, just check the Show All Bibliography Fields check box

• Click OK

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Placeholder (Placeholder)

The placeholder can be used when there is a reference to the citation, but does not have all the information on the source. To insert a Placeholder:

• Click Insert Citation

• Click Add New Placeholder

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Power management

Each time you complete a document, you may need to add or delete sources, edit existing sources, or complete information for Placeholders. To manage resources:

• Click the References tab on the Ribbon

• Click the Manage Sources button on the Citation & Bibliography group

• From this menu, you can Add, Delete and Edit Source (note, you can preview the source in the bottom area of ​​the window.

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Bibliography

To add a Bibliography to the document:

• Place the game in the document where you want to add the folder

• Click the References tab on the Ribbon

• Click the Bibliography button on the Citations & Bibliography group

• Select Insert Built-in Bibliography / Words Cited or Insert Bibliography

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Insert footnotes

To insert footnotes:

• Click the References tab on the Ribbon

• Click Insert Footnote (or Insert Endnote )

• Start typing comments.

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