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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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
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.
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?
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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