• Jabref exports to Word 2007 XML

    by  • July 31, 2009 • bibtex, java, Word 2007 • 15 Comments

    For those of you who don’t know, Jabrefis an open-source, Java based reference manager that allows you to import citations from a number of sources, in a number of formats, and works natively in Bibtex format, the bibliography format of LaTeX. I’ve been using it extensively in my PhD but only recently have I noticed that you can now directly export the list of references in Jabref directly into a Word 2007 XML format for import into Word’s own reference manager. It’s pretty easy to do but there are a few steps involved.

    In Jabref:
    1. Click File->Export
    2. Select MS Office 2007 XML and save file

    Once the XML file has been created, you can import any one of the references in the following manner, within Word 2007:

    1. Go into the References tab, and select Manage Sources from the menu
    2. In the Source Manager dialog box that pops up, click Browse on the left hand side
    3. Select the XML file you saved via Jabref, and the references should appear in the ‘Master List’ on the left hand side of the dialog.
    4. You can then select any one (or all) of the references in the Master list and by pressing the ‘Copy->’ button the selected references are moved into the ‘Current List’ from which you can use the cite as you write functionality in Word 2007. Any references in this Current List are then written in the bibliography, which you can create by choosing from one of the styles in the Bibliography drop-down in the References tab.

    This supersedes an earlier program I posted which did a similar thing.

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    15 Responses to Jabref exports to Word 2007 XML

    1. Marta Assuncao
      November 17, 2009 at 12:16 pm

      Hi Paul,
      I’ve followed the info you’ve provided to use Jabref references in Word 2007, very useful! I wonder if there’s a way of adding more or changing the bibilography styles available in the word 2007.
      Thanks,
      Marta

    2. Paul Kiddie
      November 17, 2009 at 1:40 pm

      Hi Marta, thanks for the comment – there is a great open source effort called Bibword which is hosted at Codeplex adding new bibliography styles to Word 2007, check out http://bibword.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Styles&referringTitle=Home for a load of styles, including Harvard and IEEE, and installation instructions.

    3. j
      March 18, 2010 at 1:18 pm

      Hi Paul,
      I’m starting to use jabref, found it very useful. I’ve tried linking it with word 2007. I dont know much about computer stuffs…when i followed your instruction…In Jabref:
      1. Click File->Export
      2. Select MS Office 2007 XML and save file

      none of my word document was shown.. wondering wwhy. Any suggestion?

    4. Paul Kiddie
      March 24, 2010 at 9:54 am

      Hi,

      By doing steps 1. and 2., Jabref will export your bibliography you built in Jabref into an format suitable for importing into Word 2007. You should then import this file into Word 2007 by following the rest of the guide.

      Hope that clarifies things, please leave another comment if not.
      Paul

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    6. Xiaojuan JIA
      September 30, 2010 at 10:42 pm

      Hi, Paul. Thanks. I never know that to export the JabRef library into a Word 2007 XML bibligraphy is so useful. I tried to use plug-in JabRef in Word 2007, but I feel it is not very efficient.

    7. SMajer
      October 12, 2010 at 8:01 am

      Hi Paul

      I’m a new to jabref and when I try to export my file in xml.-format, the program gives me this error message: “array index out of range:0″
      Any idea what’s going on? Since I’m also not very experienced with java scripts, I’m kind of at a loss here.

    8. Paul Kiddie
      October 15, 2010 at 2:00 pm

      Hi SMajer,

      Are you using the latest version of Jabref? Do you get the error “array index out of range:0″ within Jabref or in MS Word?

      Cheers,
      Paul

    9. SMajer
      October 23, 2010 at 9:39 am

      I use the latest version of jabref. The error message pops up in jabref.

    10. Bene K
      February 11, 2011 at 2:07 pm

      Hello, Paul

      Thanks for your tips.

      I managed to export my Jabref library into a XML file.
      But when I try to import it to MS Word 2010 I don’t find the meu point “Manage Sources” in the “reference” tab of MS Word 2010.

      What might be my problem?

      Thanks in advance.

      Bene

    11. Khaled
      January 26, 2012 at 9:11 am

      Thanks Paul!
      Very useful way. Now I do not need to purchase Endnote.

    12. azreena
      February 17, 2012 at 4:24 am

      Hi Paul!

      I’ve tried exporting my references from JabRef to xml/html file. Then via MsWord I import the file using Manage Source in Reference tab. It’s work. But the problem now is only the firt and second author showed in the author field but the rest disappeared (this is for the case more than 2 authors).

      Regards,

    13. Sally Walker
      March 2, 2012 at 6:18 pm

      I am trying to export to WORD 2010. I was able to follow all the instructions, but the citations only had author name, date and title. Also when there were multiple authors, the names were scrambled together. Any advice on this?

      thanks,

      Sally

    14. Pedro
      May 1, 2012 at 6:10 pm

      It works, even with word 2010. I tried some articles with more than two authors and works again. I some one know any other issues please let us to know.
      Best regards,

    15. Yamil
      May 16, 2012 at 8:55 am

      will it work for word 2010?

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