Note: In the above example, multiple references were retrieved. In the dialog box, enter text (such as the author or title) in the Find text box to identify your reference.ĮndNote searches all fields in its library records to find matches.Ĭlick on the reference you want to cite to highlight it. The EndNote Find Citations dialog box appears. In the EndNote toolbar, click on Find Citation.In the EndNote toolbar in Word, click on Insert Citation and then Insert Selected Citation(s) or Highlight or select the citation you wish to use in your Endnote library.
In your Word document, position the cursor where you want to insert the first citation. (This option can be set in CWYW preferences, by clicking on in the Tools submenu.) You can also set EndNote to start when you open Word. Open the EndNote library you want to use. You can insert citations as you write your document (“cite while you write”), or if you prefer you can wait and enter the citations after you finish writing. To find and insert a citation Inserting Citations A submenu with the CWYW commands appears. From the Word menu, choose EndNote X7 tab. To access CWYW, open the Word document to which you want to add citations. This menu doesn’t appear if you install Word after EndNote.Ĭite While You Write is used from within Microsoft Word. When you install EndNote, an EndNote menu is added to the top toolbar (or in versions older than Word 2007, an Endnote submenu is added to the Tools menu). It is important to install EndNote after you install Microsoft Word. If you are using a Mac, CWYW is compatible with Microsoft Word for Mac 2004, 2008, and 2011. To use CWYW, you need to have Microsoft Word 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 installed on your computer. Requirements for using Cite While You Write You can also use Cite While You Write to insert images (figures) from an EndNote library into your Word documents.ĬWYW automatically builds a bibliography from the citations you insert. You can insert citations anytime during your writing process. It allows you to access EndNote from within Microsoft Word to insert citations into your Word documents. Cite While You Write (also known as CWYW) is a key feature of EndNote.