A colleague and I have created our own master lists for bibliographies on our
own computers, hence have two .xml files. We wanted to combine them, so that
all in our workplace can share one central .xml file which has all references
in it. Is it possible to combine the two .xml files, other than resorting to
manually re-typing the entries? Cheers, M.

Hi,

I used the following workaround successfully in the past:
1)Create a new docx document.
2)Go to the reference tab and select 'Manage Sources'.
3)Select all elements in the master list box on the left, and click
'Copy ->' to copy them to your document.
4)Save the document and transfer it to your other computer.


5)Open the document on the other computer.
6)Go to the reference tab and select 'Manage Sources'.
7)Select all elements in current list, and click '<- Copy' to merge
them into your master list.

Then, when you have one list, you could store it in a central place
and use the 'Browse ...' functionality in the 'Manage Sources' to both
connect to the same list. That is, if Word 2007 does not lock the file
to limit access to it to one user at a time.

BR,

Yves

On Jun 11, 3:36*am, Mfish <Mf...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> A colleague and I have created our own master lists for bibliographies on our
> own computers, hence have two .xml files. *We wanted to combine them, sothat
> all in our workplace can share one central .xml file which has all references
> in it. *Is it possible to combine the two .xml files, other than resorting to
> manually re-typing the entries? *Cheers, M.

Clever!! Thanks a lot Yves, you've made my day

"p0" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I used the following workaround successfully in the past:
> 1)Create a new docx document.
> 2)Go to the reference tab and select 'Manage Sources'.
> 3)Select all elements in the master list box on the left, and click
> 'Copy ->' to copy them to your document.
> 4)Save the document and transfer it to your other computer.
>
>
> 5)Open the document on the other computer.
> 6)Go to the reference tab and select 'Manage Sources'.
> 7)Select all elements in current list, and click '<- Copy' to merge
> them into your master list.
>
> Then, when you have one list, you could store it in a central place
> and use the 'Browse ...' functionality in the 'Manage Sources' to both
> connect to the same list. That is, if Word 2007 does not lock the file
> to limit access to it to one user at a time.
>
> BR,
>
> Yves
>
> On Jun 11, 3:36 am, Mfish <Mf...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > A colleague and I have created our own master lists for bibliographies on our
> > own computers, hence have two .xml files. We wanted to combine them, so that
> > all in our workplace can share one central .xml file which has all references
> > in it. Is it possible to combine the two .xml files, other than resorting to
> > manually re-typing the entries? Cheers, M.
>
>