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How do I get Wikipedia/square bracket formatting for my bibliography? (self.libreoffice)

submitted 5 months ago by tester1121 to c/[email protected]

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I have a document, and I like the way Wikipedia formats references: with numbers in square brackets (ex: [4]). I have found how to enable them to show up as such in the document, but the bibliography panel in the document doesn't show the numbers. How do I make the square bracket tags show up in the bibliography section in a document?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Go to "Insert > Table of Contents and Index > Table of Contents, Index, or Bibliography..."

Select "Bibliography" from the "Type" row.

Check the "Number entries" box and select "[ ]" for the "Brackets" row, then click OK. The bracket tags should show up in the bibliography section.

I hope this helps.

[–] tester1121 3 points 5 months ago

It only applies to the tags in paragraphs, and it doesn't apply to the large bibliography reference box (it only shows the content of the entry).