README.md

6047CEM - Microsoft Word Template

The template uses some meta-data from the file itself for attributes such as the dissertation title and author of the document. To change the data, you need to go to File > Info and change the author and title, as highlighted in the image below.

The items in pink you can edit and add as necessary. However, the item in green needs to be removed. Otherwise the name "Ian Cornelius" will be used across the document as the author.

Converting a BibTeX Database File to Microsoft Word XML

A handy script has been provided with this template to convert a BibTeX database file to an XML file that will work with the in-built Microsoft Word referencing tool.

In order to use this script, you will create a .bib file that consists of all the BiBTeX entries that you have collected from Google Scholar. It is important to note the following:

• Journal articles must be of @article type
• Websites must be of a @misc type
• Books must be of a @book type
• Conference Articles (or proceedings) should be of a @inproceedings type

There is an example BibTeX database file include with this template called example.bib.

Once you have your database file populated correctly, you can then run the script as following:

python3 bib2xml.py --input="example.bib" --output="word_references.xml"

This will create an XML document called word_References.xml which can then be imported into the Microsoft Word referencing tool.