Import reference list?

Question

I have been using MS (office) Word 2010 for a few years now and have built a large reference list.  I just bought MS Word (Office) 2013 and wonder (hope!) I can somehow import all my references into the new program. Thanks for any advice.

Answer 1

Hope I don't sound too dumb but what do I do with the above data? I'm not much into programming so it looks Greek to me. Thanks so much for your time!

For instructions on the installation & running of macros, see: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

You don't actually need to 'do' anything with the output, which goes into whatever document is active when the SourcesExport macro is run. All that is needed after that is to use the SourcesImport macro to reimport the data onto either the same or another PC, as the need arises. Re-running the SourcesExport macro wipes the previous output and refreshes it with the curent set of bibliography data.

Answer 2

Hope I don't sound too dumb but what do I do with the above data? I'm not much into programming so it looks Greek to me. Thanks so much for your time!

Answer 3

This link might help:

http://www.gilsmethod.com/transfer-word-2007-word-2010-citations-computers

Answer 4

Thank You!

Answer 5

FWIW, I use a couple of macros to export all citation/bibliography entries to a document for backup, and for re-importing if necessary:

Sub SourcesExport()

Dim oSrc As Source, StrSrc As String

With ActiveDocument

  .Range.Text = vbNullString

  For Each oSrc In Application.Bibliography.Sources

    StrSrc = StrSrc & vbCr & oSrc.XML

  Next

  .Range.InsertAfter StrSrc

  .Paragraphs.First.Range.Delete

End With

End Sub

Sub SourcesImport()

Dim i As Long

'In case the source is already present

On Error Resume Next

With ActiveDocument

  For i = 0 To UBound(Split(.Range.Text, vbCr))

    Application.Bibliography.Sources.Add Split(.Range.Text, vbCr)(i)

  Next

End With

End Sub

Simple and effective for both backup & restoration and for replication across multiple PCs.