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Im writing a thesis for my degree. Does anyone know how to make word automatically update this literature so that the changes reflect in text?

For example the problem im facing is what if i want to insert a new literature between [1] and [2]? Now the new literature becomes [2] and the existing one shifts to [3]. But in the text, the number [2] remains the same, instead of being updated to [3].

Another problem is: what if i delete the whole paragraph that contained references to literature [3] [4] for example? When I do that I'd expect those [3] and [4] points to be deleted in the literature table as well and everything shifts back for 2 spots, but this doesnt happen, it remains in the table while the references no longer exists anywhere in the word document

I have to update manually everywhere and its getting really difficult...

Please help

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  • 5
    2y
    Sorry sir, this is a printer help desk.
  • 5
    2y
    You didn't put in hardcoded numbers manually, but use the Word function for the reference list, right?
  • 4
    2y
    i recommend... not using word.

    markdown + css - or, if you're feeling fancy, LaTeX.
  • 2
    2y
    If you use the "update everything" button, it should regenerate the literature list and use the now correct numbering over the whole document - as long as you used the built-in literature manager of course.
  • 1
    2y
    @tosensei how do you manage literature and footnotes when only using markdown?
  • 1
    2y
    @horus https://markdownguide.org/extended-... - "Several individuals [...] took it upon themselves to extend the basic syntax by adding [...] footnotes."
  • 1
    2y
    @tosensei that looks neat for footnotes indeed. Good to know! Literature management is something far more complex though.
  • 1
    2y
    as Fast-Nop suggested, use the "insert footnote" function instead of typing the list yourself as a text.
  • 2
    2y
    (i love when people complain about a software because they don't know the function they want exists in it)
  • 0
    2y
    @Midnight-shcode Do you mean "insert citation" instead? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...
  • 1
    2y
    @tosensei bro i have to use word to write a thesis
  • 0
    2y
    aaahhhhhhh abort. abort.

    just kidding.
    but what I used to write my bachelors in word (worked beautiful but recommend to watch some YT about thesis in word) was Mendeley. its an App that also has a word plugin, so you have your literature database in the app and in word you can just add the footnotes on the fly and make that list automatic.
    You can also choose your citation style
  • 1
    2y
    @horus theres articles about academic writing in md...
    One trick is to use pandoc to convert to pdf over latex.
    That way you can build in latex functionalities like using a citations manager or pagebreaks and pandoc will understand.
    Its also possible to start out easy in md and later convert to latex, when you hit complicated stuff that md isn't cut out for.

    I tried out Zotero but I forgot if it was using the latex route or if it worked directly on md...

    @Midnight-shcode funny enough I think that thats part of the reason why people hate on word. It doesnt force you to do things right.
    E.g. using 'Header' 'Header2' etc instead of manually changin size... Latex forces you to do so.
    So in word you can end up with something that looks decent but is quite shitty and unmaintainable. However if you'd start out right I think it can be quite powerfull and convienient
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