New Post: MHRA footnote style SOLVED for Word (BibWord)

Just before all this disappears, as the new academic year begins, I thought I would post a definitive solution to the MHRA footnote style not being picked up by certain versions of word, despite other .XSL files being picked up when installed in the same, relevant, folder.

As others have pointed out, the file hosted on the site seems to need a slight tweak. Basically open the MHRA XSL file with a text editor, and then replace the section from the first instance of 'ssl:choose' to just before the '<!-- Formats a bibliography for display. -->' section with the code below. Worked for me anyway! Then save the new file and so on.

Have a good academic year!

<xsl:choose>
      <!-- Gets the name of the style as it will be displayed in Word 2007 / 2010. -->
      <xsl:when test="b:StyleName">
        <xsl:value-of select="msxsl:node-set($data)/general/stylename"/>
      </xsl:when>

      <!-- Gets the version information for the style in Word 2007 / 2010. -->
      <xsl:when test="b:Version">
        <xsl:value-of select="msxsl:node-set($data)/general/version"/>
      </xsl:when>

      <!-- Sets a version number in Word 2013. -->
      <xsl:when test="b:XslVersion">
        <xsl:choose>
          <xsl:when test="msxsl:node-set($data)/general/version2013">
            <xsl:value-of select="msxsl:node-set($data)/general/version2013"/>
          </xsl:when>
          <xsl:otherwise>
            <!-- Fallback method : use a dummy version number of 1. -->
            <xsl:text>1</xsl:text>
          </xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>
      </xsl:when>

      <!-- Set the name of the style in Word 2013. -->
      <xsl:when test="b:StyleNameLocalized">
        <xsl:value-of select="msxsl:node-set($data)/general/stylename"/>
      </xsl:when>

      <!-- Gets a description of the style. (Word 2008 or later) -->
      <xsl:when test="b:Description">
        <xsl:value-of select="msxsl:node-set($data)/general/description"/>
      </xsl:when>

      <!-- Gets the URL for updates. (Word 2008 or later) -->
      <xsl:when test="b:UpdateURL">
        <xsl:value-of select="msxsl:node-set($data)/general/URL"/>
      </xsl:when>

      <!-- Retrieve the most important fields for a certain type of citation. -->
      <xsl:when test="b:GetImportantFields">
        <xsl:variable name="type" select="b:GetImportantFields/b:SourceType"/>
        <b:ImportantFields>
          <xsl:copy-of select="msxsl:node-set($data)/importantfields/source[@type = $type]/*"/>
        </b:ImportantFields>
      </xsl:when>

      <!-- Formats a citation for display. -->
      <xsl:when test="b:Citation">
        <xsl:choose>
          <xsl:when test="msxsl:node-set($data)/citation">
            <xsl:call-template name="format-citation"/>
          </xsl:when>
          <xsl:otherwise>
            <!-- Fallback method. -->
            <xsl:call-template name="format-footnote-citation"/>
          </xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>
      </xsl:when>

      <!-- Formats a footnote citation for display (Word 2008 or later). -->
      <xsl:when test="b:FootnoteCitation">
        <xsl:choose>
          <xsl:when test="msxsl:node-set($data)/footnotecitation">
            <xsl:call-template name="format-footnote-citation"/>
          </xsl:when>
          <xsl:otherwise>
            <!-- Fallback method. -->
            <xsl:call-template name="format-citation"/>
          </xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>
      </xsl:when>