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I am trying to set up a bibliography. I click on the reference tab and the
citation is checked. Everything else is grayed out. I am unable to set up apa style or create a bibliography. Please help. ---------------- 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/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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What do you mean, "The citation is checked"? The icon for the
citations menu happens to have a check-mark in it. Do you have a document (even a blank document) open? You can add the first item to your bibliography file either by putting your cursor in a document and clicking "Add new source," or by clicking "Manage sources." Type in as little as an author and date, and you get a citation in your document. You can go back and fill in the details (needed for your bibliography) later on. Or, if you click "Add new placeholder," you don't even need accurate information at all -- you just have to go back later and fill it in. Once you have something in your bibliography file, you can choose APA or Chicago or whatever. (Be aware that few if any of those choices accurately follow all the rules for their respective styles.) You can choose among the entire list at any time you're in your document, and all the citations and bibliography entries (if you've inserted a bibliography) will update right away. On Oct 1, 10:07*am, carol123 wrote: I am trying to set up a bibliography. I click on the reference tab and the citation is checked. Everything else is grayed out. I am unable to set up apa style or create a bibliography. *Please help. |
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I am having a similar problem. I cannot access the 'bibliography' or 'manage
resources' buttons. They are grayed out. I have an open document with text and references typed in the document. Any thoughts? -- thanks. "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: What do you mean, "The citation is checked"? The icon for the citations menu happens to have a check-mark in it. Do you have a document (even a blank document) open? You can add the first item to your bibliography file either by putting your cursor in a document and clicking "Add new source," or by clicking "Manage sources." Type in as little as an author and date, and you get a citation in your document. You can go back and fill in the details (needed for your bibliography) later on. Or, if you click "Add new placeholder," you don't even need accurate information at all -- you just have to go back later and fill it in. Once you have something in your bibliography file, you can choose APA or Chicago or whatever. (Be aware that few if any of those choices accurately follow all the rules for their respective styles.) You can choose among the entire list at any time you're in your document, and all the citations and bibliography entries (if you've inserted a bibliography) will update right away. On Oct 1, 10:07 am, carol123 wrote: I am trying to set up a bibliography. I click on the reference tab and the citation is checked. Everything else is grayed out. I am unable to set up apa style or create a bibliography. Please help. |
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No..you can't click on it, it it greyed out, I am having the same problem.
Nothing I do will make citations or bibliogrpahy work, only add citation is active, and it only directs me to a search. This is VERY frustrating. I tried adding the icons for bibliography and styled to my quick tool bar and it shows up but it still greyed and inactive....PLEASE help, I need this for my thesis. "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: What do you mean, "The citation is checked"? The icon for the citations menu happens to have a check-mark in it. Do you have a document (even a blank document) open? You can add the first item to your bibliography file either by putting your cursor in a document and clicking "Add new source," or by clicking "Manage sources." Type in as little as an author and date, and you get a citation in your document. You can go back and fill in the details (needed for your bibliography) later on. Or, if you click "Add new placeholder," you don't even need accurate information at all -- you just have to go back later and fill it in. Once you have something in your bibliography file, you can choose APA or Chicago or whatever. (Be aware that few if any of those choices accurately follow all the rules for their respective styles.) You can choose among the entire list at any time you're in your document, and all the citations and bibliography entries (if you've inserted a bibliography) will update right away. On Oct 1, 10:07 am, carol123 wrote: I am trying to set up a bibliography. I click on the reference tab and the citation is checked. Everything else is grayed out. I am unable to set up apa style or create a bibliography. Please help. |
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If it is grayed out, and you could never use the tool before with this copy
of Word, it is likely that something went wrong during the installation. The only known solution is an uninstall followed by a reinstall of Word. A repair won't help. See also: http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forum.as...res-Greyed-Out http://www.pchelpforum.com/office-so...rencing-2.html http://www.vistax64.com/vista-genera...e-missing.html According to the last post in the last link, uninstall and reinstall is also the solution MS suggests. Yves -- BibWord : Microsoft Word Citation and Bibliography styles http://bibword.codeplex.com "penny" wrote in message news No..you can't click on it, it it greyed out, I am having the same problem. Nothing I do will make citations or bibliogrpahy work, only add citation is active, and it only directs me to a search. This is VERY frustrating. I tried adding the icons for bibliography and styled to my quick tool bar and it shows up but it still greyed and inactive....PLEASE help, I need this for my thesis. "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: What do you mean, "The citation is checked"? The icon for the citations menu happens to have a check-mark in it. Do you have a document (even a blank document) open? You can add the first item to your bibliography file either by putting your cursor in a document and clicking "Add new source," or by clicking "Manage sources." Type in as little as an author and date, and you get a citation in your document. You can go back and fill in the details (needed for your bibliography) later on. Or, if you click "Add new placeholder," you don't even need accurate information at all -- you just have to go back later and fill it in. Once you have something in your bibliography file, you can choose APA or Chicago or whatever. (Be aware that few if any of those choices accurately follow all the rules for their respective styles.) You can choose among the entire list at any time you're in your document, and all the citations and bibliography entries (if you've inserted a bibliography) will update right away. On Oct 1, 10:07 am, carol123 wrote: I am trying to set up a bibliography. I click on the reference tab and the citation is checked. Everything else is grayed out. I am unable to set up apa style or create a bibliography. Please help. |
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First see if the problem continues to occur when you start Word in Safe
Mode. Hold the Ctrl key while starting Word and continue holding until prompted to start in Safe Mode. If the Citation and Bibliography buttons are now enabled then the likely cause is a third-party add-in. To check your add-ins follow these steps: - Start Word normally - Click the Office Button, and then click Word Options. - Select Add-ins and view the list of Active Add-ins along with the add-in Type. If the Type is a COM Add-in then you can disable the add-in using the Manage options near the bottom. Make sure COM Add-ins is selected and then click Go. Deselect the add-in(s) to disable them. If the Type is a Template then you need to select the add-in and make a note of the Location and file name in the details below the list of Add-ins. You'll need to exit Word, find the file and move it out of the folder to prevent it from loading when Word starts. If the button is disabled when you start in Safe Mode then are you able to use any of the other Building Block galleries? For example on the Insert tab, is Cover Page, Header, Footer, Text Box, etc enabled and can you insert an entry? ~Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP "penny" wrote in message news No..you can't click on it, it it greyed out, I am having the same problem. Nothing I do will make citations or bibliogrpahy work, only add citation is active, and it only directs me to a search. This is VERY frustrating. I tried adding the icons for bibliography and styled to my quick tool bar and it shows up but it still greyed and inactive....PLEASE help, I need this for my thesis. "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: What do you mean, "The citation is checked"? The icon for the citations menu happens to have a check-mark in it. Do you have a document (even a blank document) open? You can add the first item to your bibliography file either by putting your cursor in a document and clicking "Add new source," or by clicking "Manage sources." Type in as little as an author and date, and you get a citation in your document. You can go back and fill in the details (needed for your bibliography) later on. Or, if you click "Add new placeholder," you don't even need accurate information at all -- you just have to go back later and fill it in. Once you have something in your bibliography file, you can choose APA or Chicago or whatever. (Be aware that few if any of those choices accurately follow all the rules for their respective styles.) You can choose among the entire list at any time you're in your document, and all the citations and bibliography entries (if you've inserted a bibliography) will update right away. On Oct 1, 10:07 am, carol123 wrote: I am trying to set up a bibliography. I click on the reference tab and the citation is checked. Everything else is grayed out. I am unable to set up apa style or create a bibliography. Please help. |
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