MS Word Referencing Tool

Adding page numbers to a citation

It is necessary to include a page number to a citation if you have used a quotation, a figure or table in your assignment.

• Click on the citation you want to edit in your document (a box will surround it with a drop down menu)
• Click ‘Edit Citation’ in the drop-down menu

• Type the appropriate page number in the ’Pages’ box > Ok.

Removing author and/or year from a citation

In your writing, you will often integrate the author’s name into your sentence followed by the date and page numbers, if applicable, in brackets:

In this case, you do not repeat the authors’ names in the citation in brackets.

• Type in whatever it is you wish to reference (i.e. Smith argues ...)
• Insert your Citation in the normal way (i.e. putting cursor after ‘Smith’ and then inserting the citation)
• Highlight this citation and click on the drop down menu
• Choose ‘Edit Citation’

• Tick the box to the left of Author. Your citation now has the author removed from inside the brackets.