Formatting the bibliography (Word 16)

gerrietschwen
Hi,

I do not like the formatting of the bibliography created by Zotero in Word. Everything is written in sequence, without capitalization, italics or bold to make it easier to find your way around. Also a small gaps between the items would be nice. How can I layout the automatic literature index without losing the actualization? Is it bound to the citation style?

Thanks!
Gerriet
  • dstillman
    I'm not really sure what you mean here. Zotero generates citations according to the citation style you've selected, out of the nearly 10,000 that are available.

    If you're getting something other than what you expect for a given citation style, take a screenshot, upload it somewhere (e.g., Dropbox), and provide a link here.
  • gerrietschwen
    Hi,

    I am happy with the references in the text. What bothers me is the bibliography.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/tartjho03zag6t1/Bildschirmfoto 2020-03-01 um 22.52.00.png?dl=0
  • adamsmith
    Are you using an existing Word template? That may clash with Zotero. This looks like APA 6 or DGfP style? That would indeed look differently as output natively by Zotero (double spaced and indented)

    In any case, Zotero applies the Word style ("Formatvorlage") "bibliography" for the bibliography. You should be able to easily adapt that to include indents and line spacing.

    I'm seeing italics in the screenshot you posted. APA/DGfP don't use bold (though if you want to, there are styles that do -- wouldn't necessarily recommend it, though, it's pretty unusual)

    Capitalization -- not sure what you're referring to. You typically wouldn't change the capitalization of titles in German (and, again, APA/DGfP say not to)
  • gerrietschwen
    I see, how can I create a bibliography from Zotero without using the Word template "Formatvorlage"? The exact style of formatting is not important to me, but it should look a bit more rythmier.
  • adamsmith
    No, you can use Formatvorlage, but you should adjust the one that it is using ("bibliography")
  • gerrietschwen
    thnx
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