
Instant formatting enables you to watch the reference list (bibliography) appear as you insert citations. This provides options for changing the font, font size, indents, line spacing, and spacing between bibliography entries. Other options are also available.Įditing Bibliography Layout in Your Documentīibliography layout changes made using Word are replaced each time EndNote reformats the bibliography.Įdit the bibliography layout by clicking on the arrow next to Bibliography on the EndNote tab. Select the Layout tab.

The citations will be selected in the Citations in document window. It is not possible to edit citations by typing over the citation as the edits are lost each time EndNote reformats the reference list.Ĭitations can be edited by clicking on a citation and selecting Edit & Manage Citation(s) from the EndNote tab. This might be done to check that you selected the appropriate references from your EndNote library.ĮndNote will generate a reference list/bibliography in the chosen style at the end of the document. To unformat citations, click Convert Citations and Bibliography and select Convert to Unformatted Citations. Also do this if you edit the reference in EndNote after entering it in Word to make your edits appear. To format these citations, click Update Citations and Bibliography. Unformatted citations have curly brackets and exposed record numbers. Using APA 6th as an example, formatted citations appear as (Wu, Chan, & Ma, 2005). Click on the Insert Citation toolbar button (keyboard shortcut : Alt-2 ).Use the control key and mouse together to select more than one reference.


The Insert Citation toolbar option can be used in Word to find a citation or insert a selected citation. There are various methods to insert citations into documents.

