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RefWorks Introduction: Microsoft Word & Google Docs Add-In

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RefWorks offers an add-in for both Microsoft Word and Google Docs that allows you to drop any citation from your RefWorks account into a Word document, fully-formatted in whatever citation style you choose. It also creates, and automatically updates, a bibliography or works cited page. Using this add-in can help you spend less time on citations and formatting and more time on writing your paper.

Finding the Right Writing Tool Add-on

To find the right writing tool for your operating system and version of Microsoft Word, see the table below for your operating system and the row of your Word version. The writing tool add-on that matches your system, either Write-n-Cite (WnC) or RefWorks Citation Manager (RCM), is listed in the right column.

Windows 8.1

Word 2010 and 2013

WnC 4.6.270 for Windows

Word 2016

WnC 4.6.270 for Windows - OR - RCM

Word 2019 and online RCM
Google Docs RefWorks for Google Docs

Windows 10

Word 2010 and 2013

WnC 4.6.270 for Windows

Word 2016 WnC 4.6.270 and later for Windows – OR – RCM
Word 2019 or online RCM
Google Docs RefWorks for Google Docs
Hangul 2014, 2018 or 2020 RCM Hangul

MacOS X Versions 10.6+

NOTE The information in this section is relevant for MacOS X versions 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, and 10.12 (Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan and Sierra).
Word 2008 and 2011 WnC 4.6 239 for Mac
Word 2016, 2019, and online RCM
Google Docs RefWorks for Google Docs

iOS (iPad)

Word app RCM (currently available via Word online only)
Google Docs RefWorks for Google Docs