Creating a Publication with Word

You are using Microsoft Word to write a research paper, thesis, or journal submission. You can use Citavi to insert formatted citations and quotations into your document. Citavi automatically creates a bibliography in the citation style of your choice.

Click to enlarge

Open your project in Citavi. Open Word and then click the Citavi tab.

Click to enlarge

Click Citavi pane.

Click to enlarge

Assign a project to your document. Click one of the projects in the list or select Open other.

You only need to assign a project to your document once. The next time you open the Word document, Citavi's Word Add-In will load the corresponding project.

Click to enlarge

Select a citation style.

The citation style glossary determines how your citations appear in the text or in the footnotes.

Click to enlarge

If you would like to insert your category system, on the Citavi pane right-click a category and point to Insert categories and knowledge items. Then select All categories. You can also insert all of your quotations and thoughts by selecting Include knowledge items.

Click to enlarge

Citavi adds the categories using the Headings styles in Word.

Select a list style if desired.

Click to enlarge

To insert a reference, select the reference, and click Insert or double-click a reference.

Click to enlarge

Citavi inserts the citation in the format specified by the current citation style.

Important: Do not change the contents of a Citavi field (shown here in gray). Otherwise your changes will be lost the next time the document is refreshed.

Click to enlarge

You may want to change the appearance of the citation. Click Insert advanced to change the appearance.

Click to enlarge

To insert quotations, switch to the Knowledge tab. Select the desired quotation and click Insert or Insert advanced or double-click.

Depending on the citation style, Citavi will either insert the citation directly in the text or will insert the quotation with a footnote containing the citation.

Click to enlarge

The citations for all sources that you cited can be viewed on the Citations tab.

Click to enlarge

Citavi automatically updates the bibliography.

See also:

Creating Publications with Word