Office Plug-ins

Introduction

NB While the add-in for Word and the add-on for Google Docs have been completed, it takes time to make them publicly available on the respective download sites. The LibreOffice extension is still under development – any python developers willing to help, please contact the WIKINDX developers. As the plug-ins become available, this page will be updated.

One of the more demanding tasks of academic publishing is the management of references and citations. While WIKINDX accomplishes this and more with its multiple tools, a scholar still needs to insert references into an academic article and format them to the requirements of the target publication. WIKINDX has long had this functionality, for almost two decades, with a built-in WYSIWYG word processor which eases the workload of the busy academic by providing a one-stop virtual research environment from reference collection and management to academic authoring.

Now, from v6.4.3, WIKINDX extends this functionality to external word processors: an add-in for Microsoft Word, an add-on for Google Docs, and an extension for LibreOffice.

If you use one of these word processors, you can download the appropriate plug-in for WIKINDX and then:

• Save and search through multiple wikindices for metadata (quotations, paraphrases, etc.) and references
• Insert metadata and references in your document in a variety of in-text bibliographic styles (e.g., APA, Harvard, MLA as available on the chosen WIKINDX)
• ‘finalize’ the document. This last step (re)formats the in-text references to the chosen bibliographic style and appends a bibliography in the specified order. You can continue inserting metadata and references and ‘finalize’ (with different styles and orders) as often as you like.