Formatting and unformatting in Word

You can choose to format a Word document via tool buttons / menu selections for several reasons. You may not have the «Auto Formatting» feature turned on, or you may want to format the document in a different output style from the one already used.

Unformatting can be useful in several contexts. You may want a unformatted document because you want to switch between different machines or you will try to correct formatting errors by unformatting and then reformatting.

How to format a document:

• Click «Update Citations and Bibliography» under the «Bibliography» icon (  )
  
• If necessary, select a different style using the «Styles» selector (  )
  
• You can get more choices when choosing «Configure Bibliography» instead
• A dialog box appears where you can select the current output style and click «OK».
  
  

Note that it is possible here to specify whether you want a link between the citations and related references in the literature list. One can also tick off for these links to be underlined as links often appear on the internet.

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How to unformat a document:

• Select «Convert to Unformatted Citations» under the «Tools» menu

This causes the citations to come in an unformatted form – e.g. {Arnesen, 2020 # 25} and the reference list disappears.

If the auto-formatting setup is off, this can be turned on again by clicking «Turn Instant Formatting On» under «Instant Formatting is Off».