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[Technology] Word bibliography problem



Blues Guitarist

Well-known member
Oct 19, 2020
741
St Johann in Tirol
Hi, sorry for the delay in replying. I tried putting some citations into an existing document and the Bibliography came out in alphabetical order. I fiddled with the 'Sort by' function but it didn't make any difference.
Thanks. Were the citations added in non-alphabetical order? If they were, but were then converted to alphabetical order, I'd like to understand the software you used.

Windows or macOS? Which version of Word?

Your input here has been way, way better than that of Microsoft, who hasn't yet found anyone capable of generating a Bibliography!
 








Cheggers

Well-known member
Jul 28, 2011
506
Bang! And the dirt is gone.
Whether the Bible epistemically justifies belief in the virgin birth. Well, you did ask!
Sounds interesting. Wouldn't the question be whether anything in the bible can be epistemically justified? That's not to deride any religion, only that belief in religious texts (that I am aware of, in my limited exprrience) tend to be based on faith rather than 'knowing'?
 


Seagull27

Well-known member
Feb 7, 2011
3,379
Bristol
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.
I'd also suggest trying something like Mendeley, it integrates with Word and does a far better job than the inbuilt reference manager - and it's generally very useful for storing/organising any other papers you have read. You just save a copy of the paper you're referencing into the software and it automatically generates a line in your bibliography, in the style you need, as soon as you cite it.

Although ultimately, if you're likely to write multiple papers and have some time to get your head around it, this is the correct answer:
Use Latex. Not a load of bollox like Word.
 




Blues Guitarist

Well-known member
Oct 19, 2020
741
St Johann in Tirol
Sounds interesting. Wouldn't the question be whether anything in the bible can be epistemically justified? That's not to deride any religion, only that belief in religious texts (that I am aware of, in my limited exprrience) tend to be based on faith rather than 'knowing'?
That is a good, but different, question. My question is - in the context of a believing Christian - is there sufficient evidence in the Bible to justify the virgin birth belief.
 


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