We are working to enable working on documents across both platforms without restriction in the near future.
#How to insert a citation in word on mac for mac
these instructions were based off of Microsoft Word for Mac 2011. If you need to work cross-platform, our recommendation is to use placeholders inline and insert the references as your final step. NOTE: Once you mark each citation, Word will add hidden characters to that citation. you will need to choose and select one program to insert and update your references. Please note: SmartCite for Word and Google Docs is currently not cross-compatible. Then click OK to insert the citation placeholder into the document. Enter a placeholder citation name into the field in the dialog box. Select the Add New Placeholder command from the drop-down menu to open the Placeholder Name dialog box. Find a source The list of sources that you use can become quite long. In the Citations & Bibliography button group, then click the Insert Citation drop-down button. From the list of citations under Insert Citation, select the citation you want to use. Please note that in order to change the inline styling, you need to insert a bibliography. Add citations to your document Click at the end of the sentence or phrase that you want to cite, and then on the References tab, in the Citations & Bibliography group, click Insert Citations. Search in the “Bibliography” section to update with another citation style anytime. Styling: To add a bibliography, click the “Bibliography” tab, and then click the “Insert Bibliography” button at the bottom. With all changes, for them to take effect, you'll need to click "Update Citation" at the bottom of the panel. "Miller, 2012", "Braasch, 2016" ) in the desired order. You can also change the order by dragging the grey boxes (ie. For citations with multiple references, an individual reference can be deleted by clicking on the corresponding X button in the right-side panel, followed by the “Update Citation” button. You will notice it opens back up in the right panel. Installing the Word add-in Insert citations. To update an existing citation in your document, click on it so that the citation is activated (gray “highlight”). With the Sciwheel Word add-in you can easily cite any references saved in Sciwheel. Select one or more search results, and click the bottom “Insert Citation” button to add to your document (at the current cursor location). Use the “References” tab to search your library for references to cite. Once authenticated, you will see your library populate automatically. The first time you log into SmartCite you will be asked to log-in as you normally do through your ReadCube Papers apps. When you find it, select ADD and SmartCite will be added to the REFERENCES tab of your menu bar on the far right. You can find the Add-in Store in the INSERT menu.
#How to insert a citation in word on mac install
To install SmartCite, you will need to search the ADD-in Store for "SmartCite" and install it into your version of Word.