The Format publication feature creates a copy of your document. Citavi replaces the placeholders with formatted citations and creates a bibliography. On the Citation menu, click Format publication, and click Choose documents.

Select the Word or Writer document you want to format.

Citavi scans your document for placeholders. Placeholders that were successfully matched to a single reference appear with a green check mark. A red "X" indicates a broken placeholder; double check the placeholder against the reference's sequence number. Click Format.

Citavi creates a copy of your document and appends the selected citation style to the file name.

The publication and citations are formatted according to the selected citation style. If you would like another format, → choose another citation style and repeat the formatting process.

Citavi also inserts a bibliography at the end of your document in the selected citation style. → More Slideshows for Citavi 3