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Reference number brackets wrapping to next line in Word 2007's bibliography

Anyone ever encounter this problem in Word 2007? Word's automatic bibliography is not making the reference numbers column wide enough, so it's wrapping the closing bracket onto the next line. Is there any way to fix this? I can't manually change…
sourcenouveau
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How to add a new Citation & Bibliography Style to Microsoft Word?

In Microsoft Word, there are 12 Citation & Bibliography Styles available as shown in the following screenshot: However, there doesn't seem to be an easy way to add a custom or new Citation & Bibliography Style. And unfortunately, my university uses…
Rok
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Bibliography in Microsoft Word 2010

I'm trying to insert a bibliography for a research paper in Microsoft Word 2010. I'm using manage sources in the references toolbox to insert my sources. Word is formatting my sources the way I want them but, when I insert the bibliography it is…
Grady F. Mathews Iv
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Improved APA citation format in Word 2007/2010?

By default the APA citation in Word 2007 doesn't quite match APA style (e.g. it doesn't convert a citation to et. al. when the citation has been made previously and there are many authors). Is there a work around the provides the desired behavior?
russellpierce
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Jabref will not start

When trying to start jabref, I see the following error WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.java.plugin.ObjectFactory). log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. Oct 31, 2012 1:04:43 PM net.sf.jabref.plugin.PluginCore…
mrchampe
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How to set references/bibliography page in Word /Endnote?

I am inserting my references into my document however whenever I insert references Endnote always places them on the last page of my document. How can I tell Endnote that i want it to place all my references on page 32 and not my last page? Thanks
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How do I install Vancouver style for Word 2016?

How do I install Vancouver style for Word 2016? I've found a YouTube video instructing the user to search online for a 'Vancouver.xsl' file, but this vague instruction seems a way to introduce viruses into your computer.
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What is an EndNote alternative for Linux that can read an EndNote bibliography created on Windows?

My colleague and I would like to operate a shared endnote bibliography database. The problem is that he runs Windows (and has already compiled a large database of citations and files), while I run a Linux box. Is there a good alternative for Linux…
Cygorger
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How to add reference numbers instead of names in citations in MS word?

I am using the citation feature of MS word. When I add a citation it is added as (Author Name,year) and the references at the end of the document are not numbered as well. I want to change the citation to a reference number and add include numbers…
zzzzz
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Word 2007 Citation and References language issue

I'm using Word 2007's Citation and Bibliography feature in a large word document. The document is in English and its language is set as English. The citation style is set as APA. Still, when I place citations in the text, it uses an Icelandic…
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What is a good way of synchronising Word Bibilography data between machines

I'm helping a friend to use Word 2010 for university work, and synchronising between two computers using SpiderOak. I have the following problem, which would have been totally avoidable if Microsoft hadn't used the janitor to design the bibliography…
Brent.Longborough
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Automatically insert citations as hyperlinks to their respective bibliography entry in OpenOffice?

I have found out how to do that manually for each citation: unlock the bibliography for manual editing Insert → Bookmark before each entry then for each citation Insert → Hyperlink with the corresponding bookmark as the target. I'm looking for a…
Felix Dombek
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different language in the bibliograhpy feature of word 2007

I am looking for help concerning a university task. I am using Word 2007 (installed in a German version) and want to enter all the quotes/citations and books into the bibliography system of word. The whole document is written in English, but…
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How can I change the order of items in a bibligoraphy?

I have a Microsoft Word 2016 document to which I have added a bibliography section (References > Bibliography > Bibliography), currently in IEEE style (like me some square brackets!). I have added 3 references to reports to this using the source…
Toby
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Importing sources from another MS Word document

I've been collaborating with another person who sent me a Word document that I need to merge with mine. He has several citations and a bibliography in the end, and so do I. Is there a way to cleanly import his sources into my master list so I could…
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