How to mark a text as ‘Not as citation’?
- Click on the reference that you want to mark.
- Click ‘Not a citation’ option to mark it as normal text.
- Choose ‘Replace’ to replace the existing reference with another reference.
- Click ‘Save and close’ option to save the replaced citation.
- Click ‘Delete’ to delete the citation associated with the text.

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