For more information about the citing references with EndNote, see the section below on using the Microsoft Word add-ins. With older computers, instant formatting can be a slow process it can be turned off by selecting Cite While You Write Preferences from the EN submenu/ribbon. Cite While You Write (CWYW) automatically scans the manuscript for temporary citations and formats the in-text citations and reference lists according to the active output style while you are working on the manuscript. If Cite While You Write is turned on, you may not see this temporary citation. Endnotes are added to the text to provide additional. A temporary, unformatted citation will be inserted in the manuscript. An endnote is a reference, explanation, or comment placed at the end of an article, academic research paper, or even a chapter in a book. (3) Return to Word and Insert Citation(s). (2) in EndNote, select the citation(s) to insert, This tells Word that we’re using Endnotes and talking about the Endnote numbering.
To review, the general process of inserting citations is: In this case, we’re using Endnotes (although these instructions cover both), so I’ve clicked the radio button (circle) next to Endnotes. In the Word document, place the cursor where the reference(s) should be inserted, then select Insert Selected Citation(s) from the menu/ribbon.(You can also use the Find Citation(s) option in the EN submenu/ribbon). Word inserts the note number and puts the cursor next to the note number in the footnote or endnote. Under Format, select the numbering options that you want, and then click Insert. Within the database, select the reference(s) to be cited and return to Word. Under Location, click Footnotes or Endnotes, and then on the Footnotes or Endnotes pop-up menu, click the location that you want.Once EndNote is the active window, open the library of interest (if it is not already open). When ready to cite a reference in a manuscript, go to the EN toolbar in Word and select Go to EndNote.Close the EndNote Styles window, then select the desired style from the output styles drop-down menu.Note: Styles may also be downloaded from For information on creating new styles and editing existing ones, see Creating new styles or the use the Help feature within EndNote). (Use the Style Info/Preview feature to find information about the style and to see samples of citations formatted in the highlighted style. If the desired style is not available in the list, click on Open Style Manager… and select the output styles to be included in the Output styles submenu by clicking in the box to left of the style name. 882017 To change a footnote to an endnote Control Click the footnote text and click Convert to Endnote. Select the desired output style in EN by going to the Output styles option on the Edit menu.
Before citing references in a manuscript: