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Citations & Bibliography Group in Microsoft Word-please help me...

  • I am trying to make a bibliography in Microsoft 2010 (after the nightmare of doing all of my citations manually, I learned my lesson) and it is not working out for me. On the references tab, there should be a group called Citations & Bibliography, yet... there isn't. I have tried adding it by customizing the toolbar by going to File, Options and Customize Ribbons, but it says that the Citations & Bibliography is already in the References tab. It isn't. I've tried checking a bunch of online tutorials, but I still can't figure out what to do. I don't understand how else to get the Citations & Bibliography group into the References tab. I've also searched other AskMes, still can't figure it out. Please help, Microsoft 2010-saavy Mefites.

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    Oh my gosh, I just reread your question on my computer, and I see you already tried my suggestion. I'm sorry for the noise. Here's a workaround that may work for you. Try adding the Citations group to your Quick Access Toolbar: File > Options > Quick Access Toolbar. Change the "Choose Commands From" dropdown box to References. Then click once on Citations, and click the Add button. Then click OK. Hope that helps.

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http://www.zotero.org/download/ is free, has a fairly full-featured reference management system that integrates with your browser if you use journal articles, and does a nice job of automatically generating bibliographies in Word.

col_pogo

My very first question is going to sound really stupid but: do you have the window maximized?

SMPA

Yes, the window's maximized.

Enchanting Grasshopper

SMPA

(if you can share a screenshot of what your References tab currently looks like, that'd help a lot.)

SMPA

You could try the free trial of http://www.endnote.com.

Burhanistan

I'm going to second (or, "third" I guess) the use of an external program to handle this. I've used Endnote and found it very helpful.

NYC-BB

It's possible not all the groups are enabled. Go to File, then Options. I'm not in front of computer now, so this is from memory, but you're looking for Ribbon Settings. Check that the Citations group is enabled on your References tab.

SuperSquirrel

I'm actually using Endnote for another paper I'm working on right now, and it's doing so many weird things that even the subject librarian at my uni doesn't know what to do about it, which is why I'm trying to do my citations through Word with this paper. I'll try Zotero for my next paper. Resetting the References tab didn't work, but I was able to add add Citations and Bibliography to the QAT, I will use it that way for now. Thanks for everyone's help.

Enchanting Grasshopper

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