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Blues Guitarist

Blues Guitarist

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Oct 19, 2020
692
St Johann in Tirol
I'm using Word on a Mac to write academic papers. I can't get the Bibliography (APA) to appear in alphabetical order. On the Microsoft Community support site this problem was reported a couple of years ago, but I can't find a solution.

I've tried Microsoft "Let's Chat" - just wasted two hours of my life getting nowhere.

I can do it manually, but then it goes wrong again when I next add a reference.

Does anyone know how to get the Bibliography in alphabetical order automatically? (macOS Ventura 13.0, Word 16.93)

Thanks
 
















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maffew

Well-known member
Dec 10, 2003
9,151
Worcester England
No idea how to do it in word, but maybe as a workaround if you can't figure it, there's lots of tools such as this you could try, and copy paste between the two

studycrumb.com

Alphabetizer: Sort List & Bibliography in Alphabetical Order

Use alphabetical order sorted to alphabetize list of references, sources, words, or names. Enter your data, sort alphabetically and put citations in ABC order!
studycrumb.com studycrumb.com
 






Blues Guitarist

Blues Guitarist

Well-known member
Oct 19, 2020
692
St Johann in Tirol
maffew said:
No idea how to do it in word, but maybe as a workaround if you can't figure it, there's lots of tools such as this you could try, and copy paste between the two

studycrumb.com

Alphabetizer: Sort List & Bibliography in Alphabetical Order

Use alphabetical order sorted to alphabetize list of references, sources, words, or names. Enter your data, sort alphabetically and put citations in ABC order!
studycrumb.com studycrumb.com
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There is an easy way to do it in Word. Create a bibliography, convert to text, then sort the text.

But the problem (and also with your suggestion) is that the link between the references and the bibliography is then broken, so you can't add another reference and have it automatically included.
 
















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Bodian

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May 3, 2012
15,284
Cumbria
Does this work?

Just do it at the end when all is finished.

How do I sort my reference list alphabetically in Microsoft Word? (APA) - LibAnswers

libanswers.coventry.ac.uk libanswers.coventry.ac.uk

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BrightonCottager

BrightonCottager

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Sep 30, 2013
2,952
Brighton
I use the References tab in MS Word and Add Source as I write. It creates an automatic Reference list in alphabetical order. You have to Update the list to get it up to date at the end. I use Harvard style though.
 




Blues Guitarist

Blues Guitarist

Well-known member
Oct 19, 2020
692
St Johann in Tirol
BrightonCottager said:
I use the References tab in MS Word and Add Source as I write. It creates an automatic Reference list in alphabetical order. You have to Update the list to get it up to date at the end. I use Harvard style though.
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This is exactly what I do, but the Bibliography I get is not alphabetic. I use APA, but I just tried Harvard with the same result.

Strangely, the Citations list at the right of the Reference pane is in alphabetic order, but if you look ate the Citations Source Manager this is in the same order as the entries were introduced, which is the same order as my Bibliography.

I have a test file with three references:

(Zed, 2100)
(Apple, 2000)
(Fred, 1966)

And the Bibliography looks like this:

1 Bibliography​

Zed, z., 2100. zzz. s.l.:s.n.
Apple, A., 2000. AAA. s.l.:s.n.
Fred, 1966. s.l.:s.n.

@BrightonCottager Can you please try the same and see if your result is alphabetic?
 


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