Have Word and EndNote open with the library you wish to use
- Highlight the reference in EndNote that you wish to insert into Word, copy it (Ctrl-c)
- switch to Word and paste (Ctrl-v).
- You can insert multiple citations by using the Control key to highlight and copy a number of references at the same time.You can also
You now have a temporary placeholder for the citation that looks like this {Smith, 1987 #28}. It will not look like this in the final document. The area between the curly brackets contains hidden codes and creates a permanent link between EndNote and Word.
You must have these placeholders for EndNote to use, for when you finally format your bibliography.
To finally formatting your bibliography
- In Word, go to Tools > EndNote X2 > Format Bibliography
- Check that you have chosen the Output style that you want
- Clicking on the Browse button will give you a menu with many more output options.
- There may be a slight delay but the Bibliography will appear at the very end of your document.
