Slow insertion of citations can be a problem – especially with long documents on older machines. This is in part because by default EndNote not only inserts the bibliography (as in older versions) – but also creates a hidden hyperlink...Read more
Removing or Moving Citations It is very important that EndNote citations are not deleted, moved or edited using Word. This is to minimise the chance or of corrupting your document or library. Instructions for safely editing citations for Word...Read more
When EndNote updates your citations/bibliography it will remove any text you have entered manually. This is because EndNote inserts the information from your Library directly into the document each time you open or update it. To edit this...Read more
Some citation styles (including APA 6th) include initials to differentiate between the authors. This should happen when you have two different authors with the same surname. In this case these are correct citations and the initials do not need to be...Read more
EndNote uses field codes to work with Word. It is useful to activate the field code shading in Word to make the EndNote text easier to see and so to avoid accidently editing or deleting it. Below are instructions for different versions of Word...Read more
The Library recommends that those working on long documents (such as a book or thesis) should do the following to make it easier to manage and minimise formatting issues: use only one EndNote library for the whole thesis/book use one document...Read more
A Word document with Cite-While-You-Write references contains hidden codes that allow Word and EndNote to interact. It is possible to remove these to create a document that is ‘plain text’ Word document. If you are submitting an item for...Read more
Occasionally the EndNote Cite-While-You-Write function may not install automatically. However, it can be manually installed. For Microsoft Word instructions, see the relevant EndNote FAQs for Windows PC or Mac. If you previously had the EndNote...Read more
If you want EndNote to include journal title abbreviations in your bibliography (rather than the full title – or vice versa), you will need to add the appropriate abbreviations into EndNote and then tell EndNote to use those, rather than the...Read more
In order to get a goup or organisational author to display correctly in EndNote you need to type the name in full and add a comma at the end: e.g. Massey University, To correctly display a two part author, add an extra comma after the first comma...Read more
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