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==Overview== | |||
[http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/hp/staff/dmb/perl/index.html Bibtex4Word] is a useful Word add-in that allows you to use your existing BibTeX database and favorite bibliography styles in Word. | [http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/hp/staff/dmb/perl/index.html Bibtex4Word] is a useful Word add-in that allows you to use your existing BibTeX database and favorite bibliography styles in Word. | ||
==Installation== | |||
To use Bibtex4Word (which only works on a PC) you will need to install the following: | To use Bibtex4Word (which only works on a PC) you will need to install the following: | ||
*JabRef (well, actually any reference manager that will allow you to keep track of your BibTex database, but a number of people in the lab prefer JabRef) | *JabRef (well, actually any reference manager that will allow you to keep track of your BibTex database, but a number of people in the lab prefer JabRef) | ||
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There are excellent installation instructions and test documents available at the Bibtex4Word site: http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/hp/staff/dmb/perl/index.html | There are excellent installation instructions and test documents available at the Bibtex4Word site: http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/hp/staff/dmb/perl/index.html | ||
==Notes== | |||
Please feel free to post comments, questions, or improvements to this protocol. | |||
Please sign your name to your note by adding <font face="courier"><nowiki>'''*~~~~''':</nowiki></font> to the beginning of your tip. | |||
'''*[[User:Megan N McClean|Megan N McClean]]''' I ran into several problems when trying to get this to work. My solutions were as follows: | |||
* I could not for the life of me get MikTex to install on my computer. Everytime I ran the installer I would get the following error: | |||
Revision as of 16:10, 27 December 2011
Overview
Bibtex4Word is a useful Word add-in that allows you to use your existing BibTeX database and favorite bibliography styles in Word.
Installation
To use Bibtex4Word (which only works on a PC) you will need to install the following:
- JabRef (well, actually any reference manager that will allow you to keep track of your BibTex database, but a number of people in the lab prefer JabRef)
- MikTex
- Bibtex4Word macro
There are excellent installation instructions and test documents available at the Bibtex4Word site: http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/hp/staff/dmb/perl/index.html
Notes
Please feel free to post comments, questions, or improvements to this protocol. Please sign your name to your note by adding '''*~~~~''': to the beginning of your tip.
*Megan N McClean I ran into several problems when trying to get this to work. My solutions were as follows:
- I could not for the life of me get MikTex to install on my computer. Everytime I ran the installer I would get the following error:
