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 the down arrow to the right of «Bibliography»
  
  
• A dialog box appears where you can select the current 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. You 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:

• Click on «Convert Citation and Bibliography»
• Select «Convert to Unformatted Citations»
  

This leads to two types of changes:

1. The citations come in an unformatted form – e.g. {Arnesen, 2020 #25}
2. The reference list disappears