Re: Bibliography in Word Re: my 2 questions

  • From: "Vy Pham" <thaovyngu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:55:13 -0400

Thanks Margaret!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Margaret Thomas" <iluvtoread@xxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 7:19 PM
Subject: Bibliography in Word Re: my 2 questions


> VY,
>
>     I copied the following tip from another list.  I'm running Word
> 2000 and so can't test it for Word 2002, but maybe it will work for
> you or at least give you a starting point.
> Margaret
>
> "To alphabetize your bibliography,
> 1. highlight all the items using the appropriate word selection keys.
> For
> example, if the bibliography is the last item in your document, place
> the
> cursor on the first item of the bibliography and do a shift plus
> control
> plus "end" key (number 1 on numeric key pad) and this will highlight
> or
> select all the items from the cursor to the end of your document.
> 2. Now bring up the menu bar with the alt key, then press the letter A
> for
> the table menu, and down arrow to sort and press the enter key or use
> the
> hot key "s".
> 3. Now you are in the sort dialogue box and enter on "paragraph" and
> as long
> as each item of the bibliography is just one paragraph, word will sort
> the
> list using the first letter of each entry which I assume would be the
> first
> letter of the last name.  Tip, while in the sort dialogue box, use
> windows
> help (shift key plus F1) to give you some help about each control in
> the
> dialogue box as you tab through the dialogue box.
> 4. Now your list is sorted and you can press an arrow key to remove
> the
> highlighting.
> 5. Note, if as you review how the sort worked out, if it sorts
> correctly, do
> a control plus letter S to save your change but if the sort is in an
> incorrect way, you can undo your sort by pressing control key plus
> letter Z
> or close your document but do not save changes.
> There is also a helpful hint on the JFWLite web page talking about
> this
> process."
>
> "Vy Pham" wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
> I am using word 2002. I suppose to do a bibliography for my research
> paper. I wonder is there a way to make word put the information in
> alphabetical order? Can you give me a step by step directions?
>
>
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