Can I revert a .docx to scannable cites so I can import it in Scrivener?

jfmenard
edited August 19, 2020
Hi,

I'm in the process of finishing my PhD (yay!). I have an early draft of a chapter that I wrote several years ago that is saved in Word format (.docx). To make editing/using this chapter as fluid as possible in my current workflow, I would ideally like to import it into Scrivener with the footnotes as scannable cites.

Does anyone follow me here? Does it make any sense? Does it seem feasible?

Thanks a lot!

JF
  • adamsmith
    The following should work:
    1. If citations are in footnotes, convert them to an in-text format such as APA style (which format does not matter)
    2. In Document settings, set the Format to "Bookmarks"
    3. Save a copy of the file.
    4. Open the copy of the docx file in Libre Office
    5. In Document settings, change the format to "Reference Marks"
    6. Save the file as a .odt file
    7. Run the .odt file through ODF scan with "to marker" selected
  • jfmenard
    Splendid. It worked perfectly. I was also able to revert back to footnotes by changing the style to a footnote style after step 5. Thanks a lot for the quick response. I really appreciate it.

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