Typing Citations into Your Paper

There are many ways to insert citations in your paper. One way is to manually type temporary citations directly into your paper.

The rules described in the following topics govern how EndNote recognizes and interprets temporary (unformatted) citations. Use these rules when typing temporary citations directly into your document.

Note: For new documents or documents that have never been formatted, when Instant Formatting is enabled, it is not triggered when you manually type a reference into a document. You must use the EndNote 2025 tab in Word to either insert another citation or format the citations and a reference list.  If a document has been successfully formatted, and you manually type in a temporary citation, that citation will be instantly formatted.

Related Topics

Finding and Inserting Citations in Microsoft Word

Forms of Citations in Microsoft Word

Including Notes in the List of References in Microsoft Word

Inserting Citations into a Formatted Paper in OpenOffice Writer

Inserting from Multiple Libraries in Microsoft Word

Inserting Multiple Citations in Microsoft Word

Inserting Selected Citations in Microsoft Word

Instant Formatting in Microsoft Word

Notes About Temporary Citations

Overview of the Cite While You Write Process in Word

Using Drag-and-Drop or Copy and Paste in Microsoft Word