Converting Word Citations to EndNote

Word includes a Reference tab, where you can keep a database of references and use commands to insert them into Word documents as citations. These citations are not used by EndNote’s Cite While You Write feature. If you have references already entered into Word, or citations using Word's data format in a document, you can copy the reference information into an EndNote library and then convert the Word citations into EndNote Cite While You Write citations.

Note: The Word citation conversion features requires that your computer have the Microsoft .Net Framework installed.

To export Word document citations to an EndNote library:

1. Open the Word document that contains the citations.
2. On the EndNote 2025 tab, select Export to EndNote, and then select Export Word Citations.

To export the Word master citation list (this may include references not used in the paper) to an EndNote library:

1. Open the Word document that contains the citations.
2. From the EndNote 2025 tab, select Export to EndNote, and then select Export Word Master List.

To convert Word citations to EndNote citations within the document:

1. Open the Word document that contains the citations.
2. From the EndNote tab, select Convert Citations and Bibliography, and then Convert Word Citations to EndNote.