Hello kmlillis
I would like to use Word 2007 to prepare a research paper and ultimately to
prepare a thesis. I currently have about 300 citations maintained as a text
file in BibTeX format. How do I import these citations into Word 2007?
good question!
In your boots, I would first explore the Word 2007 bibliography feature
in detail. If it serves your purpose exactly, then you probably want to
import your citations into that directly. I have no idea whether an
existing converter/transform already exists. I'd ask in a BibTeX community.
If, alas, the predefined schemas in 2007 don't suit you (judging from
many requests in here, they don't suit everybody's needs), then you
first have to find out how to adapt either your expectations or how you
can add a custom schema into Word. It's possible, however you need to
become familiar with XML and the way this works in Word. From what I see
in here, it's not trivial.
If you decide that this is not worth the trouble, then you might as well
convert your BibTeX content into something that Word is able to read as
normal text.
http://www.bibtex.org/Convert/
for example can convert to RTF, good enough for this purpose. You'll
have to manage your citations as ordinary text in Word if you take this
route, of course.
..2cents
Robert
