I have Office 365 on Mac and Windows, currently using Mac Word.

Client gives me a long document with hundreds of citations and a bibliography. In order for me to apply character styles to the citations (so they remain bold/italic when I import this file into InDesign), I need to make them static text.

I know I can do so one by one. But is there a command that will do this all at once?

I tried the "Control-6" trick that will remove hyperlinks but keep the hyperlink text. But that command *deletes* all the citations! Gone!

Alternatively: Clicking inside the citations reveals a mix of manual formatting and linked styles. A mess. Is there a way to select all the citations and apply a character style created in Word? I tried selecting the text in the citation and choosing "Select Text with Similar Formatting" but that just chose the entire paragraph. Nothing else in the document. It appears the client is using Linked Styles, which I don't fully understand. sigh.

Thanks!