I don’t like to write my papers in Word. I usually prefer TexShop but sometimes we need to collaborate and Word is much better format for that. What I really hate of Word is that there is no easy way to use numbered references.

This is a nice trick on how to create numbered references in Microsoft Word. It does not fix completely the issue though because if you insert a new reference between the olds then you need to click on all the references you created and refresh the number.

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