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Occasionally you may need to reference several sources within the one citation. You can achieve this by placing the cursor just prior to the closing bracket of the first citation and adding the next reference. Word will merge this into the same reference.
You can change the order using the up and down arrows next to the citations when you click on Edit & Manage Citations.
Insert Citation > Insert Figure
You can then search by caption keyword or title.
It's possible to add a text footnote to your document if you are using a numbered citation style.
Insert Citation > Insert Note
If you have been using a referencing style which uses in-text citations and change to a footnote style (e.g. from Harvard Strathclyde to OSCOLA) you will find that your citations disappear. This is because footnotes cannot be automatically generated by EndNote - they have to be inserted within Word.
You can do this manually one-by-one in Word by clicking on References > Insert Footnote and then going to the EndNote tab and inserting a citation in the normal way.
The EndNote online account login box keeps appearing when I try to use EndNote online with Word
Do you have a %, $, £, €, or # symbol in your EndNote online password?
Have you logged in to your Endnote online account?
Which browser are you using to login to your EndNote online account?
I see a 'Cannot edit range' error message in Word when I try to insert a citation.
Do you also use Mendeley?
I see a 'class not registered' message when using Cite While You Write in Word.
The EndNote tab doesn't appear in Word 2016
Have you downloaded the Cite While You Write plugin?
Multiple authors
Multiple authors need to be entered on separate lines within the Author field in your EndNote library. For example:
Emery, L.
Anderson, J.
Multiple authors on the same line will be treated as one author name and display incorrectly in Word. Separate them using the Enter/Return key.
Organisations or official bodies as authors
To make sure EndNote displays these properly, make sure you enter a comma after the organisation/official body in the Author field:
University of Strathclyde,
Without a comma, EndNote will try and display this in the author, initial format:
Strathclyde, U. o.
If you open a Word document and your references have been replaced by blocks of code (as image below) don't panic!
Word has defaulted to showing you the field codes (computer coding behind each EndNote reference) instead of your formatted references.
To switch back click:
Your document should return to normal.
If you are working on a Word document and encountering persistent errors such as Word crashing, bibliographies appearing multiple times and/or deleted items reappearing then you may have residual EndNote field codes in your document. Residual field codes can affect your document if you do not delete EndNote citations/references properly (using Edit and Manage Citations > Remove Citation instead of the delete key) when working with Word.
To remove residual EndNote field codes and 'clean up' your Word document, firstly, make a back-up copy of your document for safe-keeping, then:
This will reformat your document in your chosen style.
To ensure residual field codes do not cause problems again in future remember to delete EndNote citations/references properly if you need to (Highlight > Edit and Manage Citations > Remove Citation) instead of using the delete key.
If you've been asked to create an annotated bibliography, you can use EndNote to insert a full reference list into a Word document without the in-text citations.
In EndNote, first ensure you have the correct referencing style selected at the top of the screen. Now highlight the references you wish to appear in your bibliography (use the Control and/or Shift keys to highlight multiple references). Right-click on the highlighted area and select Copy Formatted. Open a blank Word document and paste the references into it.
Now simply type in your annotations between the references as necessary.
You can also drag the references into a Word document using your mouse and selecting the Ctrl key at the same time.
It is possible to create a new EndNote library from a Word document if the references in the document were originally inserted from EndNote. This feature will not work with plain text. It is useful if you have worked on a document using several EndNote libraries and you now wish to have a library which includes every reference you have used in your document and no others. You can easily create a separate final bibliography from such a library.
I can't see the Harvard Strathclyde style/ I can only see a short list of styles in Word
Have you selected favourite styles in EndNote online?
Did you register off-campus/ some time ago?
Using Track Changes in Word can causes problems with EndNote. If your document crashes or you see error messages such as "Unknown error" , then you should turn off Track Changes. The following support article from Clarivate Analytics should help: https://support.clarivate.com/Endnote/s/article/EndNote-Issues-with-Track-Changes?language=en_US
If you are using brackets regularly in your Word documents (e.g. for mathematical of scientific formulas) you may find that EndNote tries to format the content within them as references, as it understands brackets to signify in-text citations. You may be prompted by persistent messages asking you to choose a reference to add in these brackets.
If this happens, we recommend that you change the symbols (known in the program as temporary citation delimiters) which EndNote understands to signify in-text citations. To do this open EndNote and go to Edit > Preferences > Temporary Citations (a box will open as below).
Change the temporary citation delimiters from curly brackets (or other brackets) to two different symbols which you are unlikely to use in your document (e.g. £ and $). Click on Apply > OK. You should find that this stops EndNote from trying to format content in brackets incorrectly. Your in-text citations will continue to display in the brackets as dictated by your chosen referencing style as normal.
If you are working on a particularly large Word document (such as a dissertation or thesis) then Word can become slow when inserting/editing EndNote citations. To speed up the process of working with the two programs together try:
EndNote citations will be unformatted (in temporary delimiters such as {author#number}) and no reference list will appear. New EndNote citations will be inserted in this unformatted state but will insert much more quickly. When you have finished work on a document or section reformat your document:
Your in-text citations will be reformatted and your reference list will appear at the end of your document.
There are many variations of Harvard available and there is no right or wrong version. You may wish download the Harvard Strathclyde style to use with EndNote. If you are using EndNote Online (web) then you can select this style in Word.
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There is incorrect/missing information in my reference list
Is the infomation in your EndNote online library?
Which style are you using?
I need to insert the citation without the Author's name
