Microsoft+Office+Word+2007

Robin Boan February 11, 2011 412 Words

With the upgrade from Microsoft Word 2003 to 2007, come a lot of new additions that have mostly gone overlooked. One such change is the increased ease in adding citations of various citation styles to your paper. No longer will you need to use third party websites to figure out how your MLA format citations need to be on your citation page or how the in-text APA citation needs to look for Word 2007 will do all of that for you with the simple use of a drop down menu.  When typing up your paper in Word 2007 and you come to a point where you need to add a citation simply follow these steps (with visual aids)  At the top of the window you will see a collection of tabs, the one that you are looking for is the one labeled **__References__**.   

This will open up a new set of options, one of which being **__Citations and Bibliography__**    Select which style of citations you need to use by changing the drop down menu next to “**Style**” (Note: changing this at any time will make any and all relevant changes to any citations currently in use).  After you have selected the style, click on the “**Insert Citation**” button and select either “**Add New Placeholder…**” if you do not have the citation information readily at hand or “**Add New Source…**” if you do (Note: the “**Search Libraries**” option will only open reference books. (i.e. dictionary, thesaurus, translations, etc.))  <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">If you selected the “**Add New Source…**” option, then Word will prompt you for all the relevant information needed to make the citation as well as where the source material is from and the appropriate fields for said source material.

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Fill out the form to the best of your abilities, but know that you are able to edit the information for your sources at any time by selecting “**Manage Sources**” highlighting the one you need to change and clicking on “**Edit**”. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">After pressing “**OK**” the appropriate in-text citation will appear where your cursor was. From here on to cite from the same source, click on the “**Insert Citation**” and it will be one of the options to choose from on the drop down menu. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">At the end of your paper, you can input the entire bibliography by selecting the “**Bibliography**” option. Be sure to use this on a blank page or else it will insert it wherever the cursor is. Enjoy writing with citation ease.