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[–] Katzastrophe@feddit.de 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Currently preparing to write my Bachelor thesis, the format and template I need to use were last revised in 2009, I am going to lose all joy while writing, I can already tell

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yup, I installed Zotero and never thought about formatting citations again. Freed up more time to ~~do research~~ browse Lemmy.

[–] Katzastrophe@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sourcing isn't even the problem, just having to reformat everything all the time because Word (which I have to use) is a bitch is the annoying part

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, I write in markdown then convert everything after all edits. Microsoft Office is a bloated nightmare that drives me closer to plain textfiles every day.