But should this not help, it could be that the document itself has been corrupted. In most cases, it will now help to click on the button 'Update Citation and Bibliography' and correct any errors that EndNote can find (see below). You should now have a plain text document without any hidden field codes from EndNote. This will remove the bibliography and all formatting made by EndNote, however, the reference codes remain from EndNote in your text. In Word 20 for Mac, choose Tools> EndNote> Unformat Citation or Convert to Unformatted Citations.In Word 2002 / XP and 2003, select Tools> EndNote> Unformat Citations.Word : Convert Citation and Bibliography>Convert to Unformatted Citations.Make a backup of your document before you proceed! How to unformat your Word document We recommend that you do this regularly / weekly, especially for longer documents.īy performing these two simple commands you can check that all references match your reference database and that everything is OK with your document. To delete the formatting, select 'Convert to Unformatted Citation', and to reformat select 'Update Citation and Bibliography' in Word (EndNote tab). We generally recommend that you unformat your references if you want to move, paste, or delete any text that contains references. If you want to use this function, make sure that it is set to 'No Markup' (Word 2016) or 'Final' (earlier versions of Word). If the problem is inertia in Word or that Word locks when you move text pieces (with references) in your document, an explanation may be that you use the function 'Track Changes'. You should instead contact us for help regarding your problem. If the problem persists even in your new document, your problem is more general and the guidelines below will probably not help.

Open a blank Word document and insert a few references. The article shows how to 'clear' the document so that you will hopefully get rid of the problem. This article addresses problems with EndNote references in a specific Word document.

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