Dragging and dropping into Word

You can drag and drop any library entry as a reference into most programs. One notable exception to this function is Word. Although it is still absolutely possible to use copy and paste to create a reference in Word for any of your articles in Papers, a direct drag and drop is technically still very difficult to implement because Word does not handle the pasteboard via drag-and-drop like other apps do.

While we are working on a solution for this, here are some ways you can still copy library entries as references into Word:

• Select any article from your library
• Right click, select 'Copy as -> Reference'
• Paste into a Word document

OR

• Make sure your Preferences -> Papers has the setting: "Drag Papers as Reference" at the bottom of the screen.
• Select any article from your library
• Command - C to copy
• Use the Command - V function to paste it into a Word document