It is not possible to make lasting typing changes inside a field, as the contents of these fields is controlled by EndNote. This usually displays on your screen with a grey background (grey background does not print). Tip: Word inserts citations and the bibliography inside a field of your document.

Once you have located and selected the reference(s) you wish to insert, click on Insert or use one of the drop-down menu options next to the Insert button.

Enter the search terms (this could be a title, author or keyword) and select Find.

Select the Insert Citation icon on the EndNote tab in Word (Mac: select the magnifying glass button on the floating EndNote toolbar in Word for Mac). This opens the EndNote Find & Insert My References dialog.

Return to your Word document and click on the Insert Citation drop-down menu and select I nsert Selected Citation(s) (Mac: Insert citations button on the floating EndNote toolbar in word for Mac). EndNote inserts the citation, Cite While You Write technology formats it in your chosen bibliographic style and then adds it to the bibliography at the end of the document.

Select Insert Citation on the EndNote Library Window toolbar.

Open your Endnote library and browse or search for the reference you wish to insert.

There are two methods for inserting a citation: Method 1 More on this under the heading Insert footnotes into Word documents below. Citations can be inserted in text or in footnotes. To insert a citation into a footnote you will need to create a footnote first by using the Insert Footnote function (Alt + Ctrl + F) on the Reference tab in Word (Mac: Insert menu in Word for Mac). In your Word document, place the insertion point where you want to insert a citation.

This is explained at the bottom of this page under the heading Other word processing programs.

Where EndNote tools are not available within the word processor, EndNote citations can still be formatted if the word processor is able to save documents in RTF file format. Please refer to the EndNote site for compatibility information. However, correctly formatted EndNote citations and bibliographies can also be generated with other word processing applications. The following information relates to using EndNote in conjunction with Microsoft Office Word.

How to insert a citation.