Word Document Reference Collator

Hello,

Thank you for looking over this question.

I have a word document that has 234 references in them. Those references are pointed to in the text using superscripted numbers. Currently, the issue I am having is ordering those references. My solution is to build a program which reads in all of the supertexted numbers from start to finish and then reorders them in ascending order, while also reording the list of references in the bottom of the document to reflect the numbering change.

I was wondering if I could get some help in building this, as I don't know where to even begin.

Thanks for your time.

[Adam Danz]

If you're using microsoft word, there are already built-in reference management features that would be a lot easier to use than trying to fix it with Matlab code IMO.

For example (link below - I just chose one of many available).

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/create-a-bibliography-citations-and-references-17686589-4824-4940-9c69-342c289fa2a5

[John D'Errico]

While you can do pretty much anything in MATLAB, there are some things that are best done with tools designed to solve that class of problem.

The analogy I like to use is that while I can probably drive a screw with a hammr, a screwdriver is a far better choice.