EndNote for Windows: Word Processor Compatibility

A little bit of information on the Windows word processors that EndNote is compatible with.

Word Processor Compatibility:

As of June 2009, EndNote for Windows is compatible with:

- Microsoft Office Word 2003 or 2007 for Windows

- Open Document Format (ODT) documents created with OpenOffice.org Writer

- RTF files created with most word processors, including:

Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, OpenOffice.org Writer,

StarOffice, and WordPad

Microsoft Word:

EndNote installs Cite While You Write commands in Microsoft

Word. Word 2003 displays an EndNote submenu of commands

on Word’s Tools menu. Word 2007 displays Cite While You Write

commands on an EndNote tab. Cite While You Write allows

EndNote to format citations and create a bibliography for the

document that is open in Word. You can format, unformat, and

reformat a document—without exiting your word processor.

In order for Cite While You Write to install properly, Microsoft

Word 2003 or 2007 must be correctly installed on your computer

prior to installing EndNote. However, make sure that the Word

application is closed before attempting to install Cite While You

Write.

If a supported version of Microsoft Word is installed on your

computer, the appropriate Cite While You Write files are

installed automatically for the current user when you run the

EndNote installation. This feature can be used with a shared

copy of Word or on a network.

OpenOffice.org Writer:

EndNote installs Cite While You Write commands in the

OpenOffice.org version 3 Writer. CWYW commands appear on

an EndNote menu. Cite While You Write allows EndNote to

format citations and create a bibliography for the document that

is open in OpenOffice.org Writer. You can format, unformat, and

reformat a document—without exiting your word processor.

In order for Cite While You Write to install properly, the

OpenOffice.org 3.x suite must be correctly installed on your

computer prior to installing EndNote.

You must close all OpenOffice.org applications before installing

Cite While You Write, including the OpenOffice.org

Quickstarter.

RTF and ODT Documents:

For word processors other than Word 2003, Word 2007, or

OpenOffice.org 3.x, first write your paper and insert in-text

citations. If the file format is anything other than an

OpenOffice.org ODT document, save as an RTF file. Then, use

EndNote’s Format Paper feature to format the citations and

bibliography from your ODT or RTF file.