Finding and Inserting from Highlighted Text in Microsoft Word

To find and insert a citation from highlighted text:

1. As you are typing, enter text to identify the reference you wish to cite, and select that text.
2. On the EndNote 2025 tab, click the Insert Citation button. EndNote will automatically enter the selected text into the search field of the Find & Insert My References dialog and bring up a list of matching references from your open library.
3. Identify and highlight the appropriate reference(s).
4. Use the Insert button drop-down to display a menu, and select from:

• Insert: To insert the citation and format it as defined by the currently selected output style. (This would be the same result as simply clicking on the Insert button.)
• Display as: Author (Year): Select this menu option to display both the author name and the year in the highlighted citation, but with the author name appearing to be outside the citation marker.
• Exclude Author: Select this to omit the author name from the formatted citation.
• Exclude Year: Select this to omit the date from the formatted citation.
• Exclude Author & Year: Select this to omit both the author name and the year from an Author-Date formatted citation. This is usually used when you want only page numbers to appear in the citation.
• Show Only in Bibliography: Select this option to display the selected citation only in the bibliography, not in the body of the paper.

Note: You can click the Insert button (not select the drop-down) to quickly select the default Insert command.