How do I set MLA citation style to use numeric reference in MS Word 2007?

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The MLA citation style shows citations as (Author, YYYY) or some similar while I'd prefer it to style them numerically, like [1]. I have tried BibWord, I don't know XML.

Creating references that are bracketed numbers, not citation — not what I need, I really don't see an existing style (not even in the BibWord collection) which would do what I'm after.
Improved APA citation format in Word 2007/2010? - related, but I don't think I can fiddle with BibWord Extender, it's a commandline tool.
How to change the style of a source reference in Word? — OK, helpful, but I really wouldn't like to edit XML manually. The URL provided also is 404.

Please provide me with means of solving such task.

BibWord has a list of styles none of which match the requirement. It also has a tool which does not appear to do what I am after.

No, I'm not looking for ISO 690. The style requirement only has a few examples, like the one below.

[1] Guo, Z.Y., Zhu, H.Y., Liang, X.G., “Entransy - A physical quantity describing heat transfer ability,” Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., 50(13-14), pp. 2545-2556, (2007).

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 14 '14 at 04:23

Bibword is quite simple to use and the citations that you need are the iso960 square bracket citations found here.

Download the .XSL (not a typo) file and copy it into the Microsoft Word bibliography style directory. This directory can vary depending on where Word is installed:

On most 32-bits machines with Microsoft Word 2010 this will be:

%programfiles%\Microsoft Office\Office14\Bibliography\Style

Put that code into a RUN box and copy the XSL file into there.

(if that doesn't work, search your hard drive for winword.exe and open the Bibliography folder and then the Style folder found there.)

Once the styles are copied to the directory, they will show up every time Microsoft Word is opened.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 20 '24 at 18:24

<xsl:if test="string-length($year) > 0">
                        <xsl:if test="string-length($author0) > 0 or string-length($title0) > 0 or string-length($year0) > 0">
                            <xsl:if test="string-length($displayAuthor) > 0 or string-length($displayTitle) > 0">
                                <xsl:call-template name="templ_prop_ListSeparator"/>
                            </xsl:if>
                            <xsl:call-template name="templ_prop_OpenBracket"/>
                            <xsl:value-of select="$year"/>
                        </xsl:if>
                    </xsl:if>

I change the code in APASixthEditionOfficeOnline.xsl

For citation purposes

It make Erion, (2018)

How do I set MLA citation style to use numeric reference in MS Word 2007?

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