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William
I love the idea of having the citation ability within Word/Office; however it
is truly in its infancy. Others have posted comments I agree with concerning
Office's weakness. I want to add to them and suggest that Office NEEDS to
have a citation download/grab function. Very few researchers (at least in my
field) have to type in reference information these days (e.g., with endnote
download from webpage). It is very time consuming and one of the top reasons
I do not use the Office version yet. The other reason I want to reinforce, as
others have specified somewhat, is that Office does not allow the changing of
citation style. APA is not APA-5th style, and even in APA-5th there is
variability the researcher can choose (e.g., within paragraph referencing
only use date once, A's and B's for multiple authors same year, first names,
etc). The point being I need the ability to change style. Finally, I want to
be able to import one data base (my endnote database) into my Office database.
I look forward to the next generation of reference manager in office, hoping
these deciding factors are in place.
Also, there are plenty of things that other ref managers do not have yet to
be investigated - please Office, be open to innovation.
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http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...b070f4&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
is truly in its infancy. Others have posted comments I agree with concerning
Office's weakness. I want to add to them and suggest that Office NEEDS to
have a citation download/grab function. Very few researchers (at least in my
field) have to type in reference information these days (e.g., with endnote
download from webpage). It is very time consuming and one of the top reasons
I do not use the Office version yet. The other reason I want to reinforce, as
others have specified somewhat, is that Office does not allow the changing of
citation style. APA is not APA-5th style, and even in APA-5th there is
variability the researcher can choose (e.g., within paragraph referencing
only use date once, A's and B's for multiple authors same year, first names,
etc). The point being I need the ability to change style. Finally, I want to
be able to import one data base (my endnote database) into my Office database.
I look forward to the next generation of reference manager in office, hoping
these deciding factors are in place.
Also, there are plenty of things that other ref managers do not have yet to
be investigated - please Office, be open to innovation.
----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...b070f4&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement