Bibliography Is in the Wrong Font

When EndNote creates formatted citations and bibliographies, by default it follows the Word Normal style for the document in choosing fonts. However, rarely you may see a bibliography appear with an unexpected font. This will happen if the last paragraph for the document was set to a style other than Normal before the first EndNote citation was inserted.

In a new document, there is no Word style called EndNote Bibliography or EndNote Bibliography Title, and no text or additional styles based on them. These Word styles appear in the document after the first EndNote citation is inserted and a bibliography is formatted. The EndNote Bibliography style's font will be based on the font used in the last paragraph mark in the document. So, if I had accidentally set the last paragraph in my document to use the Heading 1 style, then inserted my first EndNote citation and formatted the bibliography, all the references in my bibliography would be formatting with the font used for the Heading 1 style.

One workaround for this problem is to transfer your old document to a new one without the EndNote styles in it.

  1. Create a new empty document with only one line/paragraph in it, and be sure that line is set to the Normal style. Use the ¶ button in Word to see the paragraph marks in the document; there should be only one.
  2. Go back to the original document and copy everything above the bibliography from the old document to the new document. Be very careful not to include any of the bibliography codes when you copy to the new document.
  3. Paste the old text into the new document.
  4. Save the new document with a new name; do not use the name of the orginal document. You may still need the original document later.
  5. In the new document, on the EndNote tab, click Update Citations & Bibliography. EndNote will create a new bibliography at the end of the document and new EndNote styles for Word based on the normal style used for the last paragraph of the new document.
  6. Continue working in the new document as a replacement for the original document.
What If Other Formatting Changed?

If you had used custom styles in your original document that did not carry over to the new document, you can copy them to the new document using Word's Organizer feature.

  1. Close the original document, if it is still open.
  2. Make a backup copy of your new document, just in case you run into problems.
  3. In the new document, click on the small arrow at the bottom-right corner of the Styles tab to open the Styles panel.
  4. Click the Manage Styles button at the bottom of the Styles panel to open the Manage Styles dialog.
  5. Click the Import/Export button at the bottom-left corner of the Manage Styles dialog to open the Organizer.
  6. Click the Close File button underneath the styles list shown for In Normal.dotm at the right.
  7. Click the Open File button at the right, locate and open your original document. You should now see the list of styles used in your original document on the right side.
  8. Select the styles you want to use from your original document at the right and click the Copy button, then confirm the choice to copy the styles. This will copy those styles to the new document, which should be showing at the left. Be careful not to copy any style starting with "EndNote."
  9. Close the Organizer.

You should now see the same formatting you had for your original document for any styles your copied.