Writer Guide

Adding a reference (citation) into a document
Writer supports two ways of showing references (citations) in the text
of a document:
• Using authors’ names and dates of the referenced documents, for
example [Smith, 2004], as recorded in the Identifier (Short name)
of each bibliographic entry.
• By numbering the referenced documents in the sequence they
occur in the text, for example [1].
Tip
To specify which citation style is used in the document, use the
Index/Table page on the Insert Index/Table dialog, described
on page 405.
To add references from the bibliographic database into a document:
1) Place the cursor where you want the reference to appear.
2) From the main menu, choose Insert > Indexes and Tables >
Bibliographic entry.
3) In the Insert Bibliographic Entry dialog box, shown in Figure 347,
choose From bibliography database at the top of the dialog
box. (You can also insert a reference from the document itself by
selecting From document content, but that method is not
covered in this chapter.)
Figure 347: Inserting bibliographic entries into a document
4) Select the reference from the Short name dropdown list near the
bottom of the dialog box. The Author and Title of the selected
reference are shown in the middle of the dialog box, to help you
verify that it is the reference you want.
5) To insert the reference into the document, click Insert.
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