Note that before you can insert a citation into a Word document, you must have the document and the desired EndNote library open on your computer. You can then insert the citation from the Word or EndNote interfaces.
To insert a citation from within Word:
Once you have inserted citations into your paper, you can format (or re-format) your bibliography at any time, just be sure your EndNote library is open. The formatted references will automatically be added to the end of your Word document. To format the bibliography: 1. In Word, click Configure Bibliography on the EndNote X9 ribbon. With Microsoft® Word 2016 for Mac Microsoft Word 2016 EndNote’s Format Paper feature can be used with Word 2016 for Mac and other word processors that do not use Cite While You Write™. To insert citations when using Format Paper, plain-text placeholders, called “unformatted citations,” are inserted in the document. EndNote then scans the. How to Add a Footnote to Microsoft Word. In this Article: Article Summary Word 2007/2010/2013/2016 (Windows) Word 2011 (Mac) Word 2003 (Windows) or Word 2004/2008 (Mac) Community Q&A. Footnotes allow you to cite sources or explain a concept in detail without sidetracking the main text.
- Click on the EndNote menu tab in the Word toolbar.
- Click Insert Citation and choose Insert Citation... from the drop-down menu.
- The EndNote Find & Insert My References dialog box will appear. In the text box at the top of the dialog box, enter text (author's last name, year, title, keyword) to search for the reference in your library. Or if you want to search through all articles in your library, insert an asterisk (*). Click the Find button.
- In the results of your search, click on the reference that you want to cite to highlight it. To highlight multiple references, hold down the Ctrl key while you click on references.
- Once you have selected your references, click on the Insert button. The selected references will be inserted into your Word document and displayed as defined by the current Output Style.
Endnote For Mac
To insert a citation from within EndNote:
- In EndNote, highlight the references that you wish to cite. To highlight multiple references, hold down the Ctrl key while you click on references.
- Once you have selected your references, click on the Insert Citation button in the toolbar along the top. The selected references will be inserted into your Word document.
Note: Save your Word document after inserting citations.
1. Insert Citation: Insert the selected citation into your Word document.
2: Format Bibliography: Make edits to the bibliography in your World document.
Note: If you have to create an annotated bibliography, it's a good idea to remove field codes and then paste your annotations in the bibliography. Otherwise, EndNote will think your notes are 'errors' and will delete them when Instant Formatting is on, or when you click 'Update Citations and Bibliography.'
3. Go to Word Processor: Bring your Word document to the front of your screen.
By default, EndNote creates a single bibliography at the end of the word processing document. With EN and Microsoft Word, you can create a bibliography for each section of the document (or for each section as well as one at the end of the document). To do this, you will need to make the change in the output style. For more information, see online help.
If Cite While You Write instant formatting is disabled, the references will need to be formatted in the following way.
If Cite While You Write instant formatting is disabled, the references will need to be formatted in the following way.
Selecting output style: Select the desired output style as described above.
Formatting references: Return to Word and select Format Bibliography from the EN submenu of Word’s Tools menu ribbon. In the pop-up window, select the document to format (by default it is the current document) and the style. After selecting the desired format, click on the Format button. Note that EndNote reformats the references in the paper as well as adding the reference list at the end of the paper. Warning: Carefully review the formatted bibliography for errors. If there are any errors, the best way to correct them is to make the changes in EndNote. In a pinch, however, corrections can also be made in the reference list itself.
Reformatting references: To reformat the reference list, go back to Format Bibliography and select another style.
Using Endnote In Word
Unformatting references: To unformat the reference list, select Unformat Citation(s) from the EN submenu.
Sharing a copy of the final formatted paper: When submitting a copy of a manuscript to a publisher, it is recommended that you unlink the EndNote fields in the manuscript. This will prevent any potential problems with the formatted references when the recipient of the manuscript opens the file.
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First, make a copy of the manuscript using the Save as… option. (EndNote may prompt for this automatically. If not, do it manually.) This is very, very important! Never unlink the fields in the master copy of the manuscript, as they cannot be relinked automatically. In Word, unlinking the EndNote fields will also unlink all fields in the manuscript, including Word fields like date, time, index, table of contents, etc. Usually this will not be a problem. |
In the manuscript copy, select Convert Citations and Bibliography >> Convert to Plain Text. Note that this will sometimes cause problems with other formatting, like page number formatting in document sections. Review your manuscript for these sorts of problems.
If you did accidentally unlink the master copy of the manuscript and you need to reformat the references, the only way to do this is to re-cite all of the references with EndNote again. If you have not yet closed the document, it may be possible to use Word’s Undo feature to undo removing the field codes.