# Showing formatted reference with entry

**URL:** <https://forum.paperpile.com/t/showing-formatted-reference-with-entry/339>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [February 12, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.paperpile.com/t/showing-formatted-reference-with-entry/339 "2015-02-12T20:44:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Bong](https://forum.paperpile.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@Dennis\_Bong](https://forum.paperpile.com/u/Dennis_Bong)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.paperpile.com/t/showing-formatted-reference-with-entry/339/1 "2015-02-12T20:44:06Z")

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It would be helpful to have a fully formatted reference shown with each entry that corresponds to the chosen format. I often just want to copy and paste it into a google slides presentation. Currently, I have to create a citation in a new google doc and format bibliography, then copy and paste that. thanks

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**Author:** ![stefan](https://forum.paperpile.com/user_avatar/forum.paperpile.com/stefan/32/1729_2.png) [@stefan](https://forum.paperpile.com/u/stefan)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.paperpile.com/t/showing-formatted-reference-with-entry/339/2 "2015-02-12T21:20:30Z")

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Just do Ctrl-c or use the Copy menu:

![](https://forum.paperpile.com/uploads/default/137/38bbb87aed3ad466.png)

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Bong](https://forum.paperpile.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@Dennis\_Bong](https://forum.paperpile.com/u/Dennis_Bong)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.paperpile.com/t/showing-formatted-reference-with-entry/339/3 "2015-02-12T21:34:06Z")

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I did not know that! thanks!

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**Author:** ![stefan](https://forum.paperpile.com/user_avatar/forum.paperpile.com/stefan/32/1729_2.png) [@stefan](https://forum.paperpile.com/u/stefan)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.paperpile.com/t/showing-formatted-reference-with-entry/339/4 "2015-02-12T21:40:57Z")

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You are not the first one missing it. I wonder why this is. Perhaps we should change the labels of the button or menu.

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**Author:** ![Kerim](https://forum.paperpile.com/user_avatar/forum.paperpile.com/kerim/32/93_2.png) [@Kerim](https://forum.paperpile.com/u/Kerim)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.paperpile.com/t/showing-formatted-reference-with-entry/339/5 "2015-02-13T10:22:36Z")

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You might change the label to Copy \> “formatted citation” to make it clearer what this does? Not sure if that would help or not, but the word “citation” alone seems to lack a certain something (even though it makes sense when you think about it).