In your EndNote Desktop library: highlight (select) the reference(s) you want to insert, then Tools > Cite While You Write (CWYW) > Insert Selected Citation(s).Ģ. In MS Word: put your cursor where you would like to insert the reference(s).Ģ.
The full reference has also been automatically created in the reference list at the end of the document containing the full details of that in-text reference(s).ġ. The in-text reference(s) has been inserted into your Word document. Click on the arrow part of the Insert Citation button, then click on Insert Selected Citation.ģ. In MS Word: put your cursor where you would like to insert the reference(s), and add a space. (Tip: to select multiple references, hold down the COMMAND button on your keyboard and click on all the references you want to insert.)Ģ. In your EndNote Desktop library: highlight (select) the reference(s) you want to insert. You can now insert references from your EndNote Desktop library into your Word document.ġ. If you are still experiencing this issue, please see: In MS Word: Go to Help > Check for Updates.In EndNote Desktop: Go to EndNote 20 > Check for Updates.
If you are using your own personal device: Issue 3: EndNote Desktop and/or MS Word do not have the latest updates.In MS Word: go to Tools > Templates and Add-ins > place a tick next next to any of the EndNote item(s) > press OK. Issue 2: EndNote Cite While You Write (CWYW) function is disabled in MS Word.In EndNote Desktop: go to EndNote 20 > Customizer > place a tick next to the Cite While You Write option > press Next > press Next. Issue 1: EndNote Cite While You Write (CWYW) function is disabled in EndNote DesktopĬlose MS Word.If the 'EndNote 20' tab is missing from MS Word's toolbar, it is because: The EndNote toolbar will change to the EndNote Web toolbar and you can now use it to create your bibliography as normal.In MS Word, the 'EndNote 20' tab should appear at the top of the page within the toolbar.
Note: if you are using a university PC you should not enter your EndNote username and password on this screen.
Once complete, close the EndNote software and start up Word.
This will install the full desktop version of the software.
For IT Services computers, installing external applications is not an option you may instead, however, access EndNote X3 from the internal network and run this on any University computer, which should restore the plug-in. If no tab appears at all, on a local (i.e., your own) computer, first try reinstalling the EndNote Web CWYW plug-in, downloading the file from your EndNote Web account. In the majority of cases, this should restore the tab. This can be both frustrating and perplexing, so here's guidance on steps to take should this happen to you. We've received several reports recently of PC users suddenly losing sight of their EndNote Web Cite-While-You-Write (CWYW) tab in Word 2007. Restoring "disappearing" EndNote Web tabs in Word 2007