EndNote tools not showing in Word
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2010
If you don't see EndNote Tool bar after installation, the simplest way get the tools to appear is to open EndNote, and go to the EndNote menu. Select "Customizer" from the EndNote menu. Check the box in front of the "Cite While You Write" option. Click next until the process is finished. Open a library. Then open Word and check the Tools menu for the EndNote submenu or click View and tick EndNote
If you are using other version of Word such as Word 2004 & 2008, please refer to EndNote: Working With Word Processors / CWYW from Thomson ReutersTry going through the instructions on the Endnote website - note especially the SP1 (12.1.x) update for Word.
Time Out Error - 1712 when attempting use EndNote toolbar in Word
This problem is not caused by Word or EndNote, rather specifically OS X 10.8.2 update
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Citations not importing from Safari
Safari only seems to download citation files to the desktop; they then need to be click-and-dragged into Endnote. Instructions here suggest a fix but I haven't been able to investigate yet - it might only be a partial fix. If you can bring yourself to use Firefox, it works a lot more smoothly.
Citations not importing from Firefox
The first time you export citations from a database it asks you whether to open or save. Choose "Open", then browse to find EndNote X6X7, and make sure to click "Do this every time" before clicking "Okay".
"There are no references selected in the frontmost EndNote library"
If you get this message while trying to insert references into a Word document:
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