
Chapter 3: Managing Text Documents With Writer
Creating Bibliographies
Bibliography entries are often in the form of: “Smith [Smith 1995] has also carried
out research on this matter” or similar so that the reader knows that more detailed
information can be found in the bibliography under “Smith 1995” with the full name of the
author, title of the book, publisher, date of publication and a myriad of other possible terms.
Decide what details should appear in the bibliography and then use Insert > Indexes and
Tables > Indexes and Tables with a Type of Bibliography to define how the entries will
look when displayed.
Select Tools > Bibliography Database to open the bibliography database. Examine the
columns and find one labelled Type then use different entries for magazine articles than for
entries concerning books. For this reason the bibliography database is divided into different
types of sources of literature. A new record can be inserted in the Insert Bibliography Entry
(by clicking the New button), but these “ad hoc” records will be saved only in the current
document, not in the Bibliography Database, and then only if the relevant new entry is
actually inserted.
Note: When saving a document with bibliography entries, all information belonging to the entries will
automatically be saved in a hidden field. In this way, all data will be included when the document is distributed, for
example, on a disk. It does not matter whether the bibliography was created in the document or not.
1. To insert the bibliography entries into the text, position the cursor in the text where the
entry is to appear and then choose Insert > Indexes and Tables > Bibliography Entry.
The following dialogue will appear:
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