RefWorks at MIT

Using RefWorks with Open Office

The Write-N-Cite utility produced by RefWorks to generate bibliographies and format citations in papers only works in Microsoft Word. To use RefWorks to handle bibliographies and citations in Open Office, follow these instructions:

1. Start Open Office.  Open the document in which you would like to cite references.
2. Open RefWorks and log in to your account if you have not already done so.
3. From the drop-down just below the menu bar, select One-line/Cite View.
   
   
   
   
4. Find the reference you’d like to cite, and click the Cite link next to it (to cite mulitple references in the same location, click Cite for each one).
   
   
   
   
5. Copy the text from the Citation Viewer that appears and paste it into your document where you would like that citation to appear.
   
6. Repeat as often as needed.
7. Save your Open Office document.
8. In RefWorks, Click the Bibliography button either at the bottom of the Citation Viewer or in the main menu bar.
9. Choose your output style, select Format Paper and Bibliography, and browse to your paper’s location.  Click Create Bibliography.  RefWorks will create a new file with a bibliography.
   
   
   
   The new bibliography will have the filename Final-filename.odt (where filename.odt is the name of the original file). You'll be given the option to save or open the document.

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