copy text from the preview in source manager word 2016

Question

How can one copy text from the preview window in the source manager that is included in word 2016 (Office pro plus 2016)?

When I use office 2016 at work, I can open the source manager, select a source and then in the preview window I am able to select and copy the bibliograpy text for pasting into footnotes or endnotes in my document.

However, when I try to do this same thing using Office Pro Plus 2016 (obtained under the home use program), I cannot select any text in the bibliography preview window.  Subsequently, it is no longer possible to copy and past footnote or endnote entries in documents. 

Is there a way to fix the source manager so that it will allow one to copy text?

it is difficult to understand why word 2016 behaves so differently between the enterprise version used at work and the version used at home (which is build: 16..0.7870.7034 64 bit)

regards,

hg

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Answer 1

The Source Manager dialog box certainly does not give me the option to copy anything from its preview.

Which dialog box and which preview window are you referring to, specifically?

Answer 2

Stefan,

first, my employer does not provide third party software...  No, this is in Word 2013, and Word 2016 and Word 2007...

Second, I could always copy the bibliograpy preview in word 2007, even at work and at home. 

Third, I can copy the bibliography preview in word 2016 enterprise at work!!!  IT IS NOT a third party program like endnotes...  I do know the difference.

However, why should word 2016 at work all me this feature and it is not available in my home copy of word 2016???

Maybe the 'feature' was a bug in the program; however, it is highly useful to be able to copy parts of the bibliography preview for footnotes, which require a different formatting than the bibliography in all academic and journal styles that I know of...!

Alternatively, you can tell me how word will format footnote citations when I need them; i.e., when all that is required is the footnote entry instead of the formal bibliography.  Some papers do not want bibliography, instead they want the information in footnotes or endnotes.  So how can i use the reference manager to build footnotes and endnotes?

When will Word have footnote tools in the reference manager??? So one does not have to build a bibliography to get the data for footnotes that are not formatted correctly and then require the author to cut and paste the bibliography data into the correct format for footnotes?

do not tell me to use endnotes or refworks please.  I am looking for a word solution that does not require $$$ to a third party software vendor.

Answer 3

Are you absolutely sure that your employer doesn't have some third-party bibliography manager installed (such as EndNote)? As far as I know, no preview window in any Word dialog box will allow copy and paste.

Note that, in Word, you can copy and paste footnotes and endnotes by copying the footnote reference in the main body of the document.

Answer 4

No changes were made to my pc.

The problem has been present ever since office 2016 was installed.

The OS is  Windows 7  pro 64bit, and plan to upgrade to Windows 10 pro 64bit soon.

Machine is Dell M6500

Answer 5

Hi HG,

We would like to ask some questions to know the best possible resolution to offer.

• Did you make any changes on the settings of your PC before this issue started?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done on your end?
• Which Windows version is installed on your PC?

We're keeping to your reply regarding this issue.