We recently looked at how to change the font style for citations in Microsoft Word for the PC. Today, we are going to change the font style for citations in Word for Mac.
First, we will change the font style for all the citations. Then, we will change the font style for individual citations.
Table of Contents:
- How to Change the Font Style for All Citations
- How to Change the Font Style for Individual Citations
Font style includes the font, size, color, and underlining.
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The images below are from Word for Microsoft 365 for Mac. The steps will be similar in Word 2021 for Mac, Word 2019 for Mac, and Word 2016 for Mac. These steps don’t apply to Word for the Web.
How to Change the Font Style for All Citations
- Press Fn + Option + F9 on your keyboard to reveal your field codes. (In Word, citations are inserted as field codes.)
Alternative: If you prefer not to use function keys, you can reveal your field codes by selecting Word > Preferences > View > Field Codes instead of values.
- Select the Edit menu.
- Select Find in the drop-down menu.
- Select Advanced Find and Replace from the submenu.
- Select the Replace tab in the Find and Replace dialog box.
- Type ^d CITATION into the Find what text box. (Ensure that you have one space between the ^d and CITATION.)
- Place your cursor in the Replace with text box. (Be careful not to type anything.)
- Select the More button.
- Select the Format button.
- Select Font from the drop-down menu.
- Select your new font, font style, size, font color, underline style, and underline color from the Font tab in the Replace Font dialog box.
- Select the OK button.
Note that your replacement font choices should appear under the Replace with text box.
- Select the Replace All button.
- Select the OK button in the dialog box reporting the number of replacements.
- Select the Close button.
- Press Fn + Option + F9 on your keyboard to hide the field codes.
Your citations should now feature your new font style.
How to Change the Font Style for Individual Citations
- Select the entire citation, Control-click, and then select Font from the shortcut menu.
- Select your new font, font style, size, font color, underline style, and underline color from the Font dialog box.
- Select the OK button.
The individual citation should be changed to your new font style.