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Installing EndNote 21 CWYW in Google Docs

The EndNote Cite While You Write app for Google Docs is available from the Google Workspace Marketplace.

**Note you must be using EndNote 21 and enabled the Sync from the desktop software to use this feature. If you are using an older version of EndNote please see the instructions for using earlier versions of EndNote with Google Docs.

To use the app in Google Docs

  1. Open the document where you want to insert citations
  2. Go to the Extensions menu > EndNote Cite While You Write > Open
  3. The CWYW App will open on the right of the screen.
  4. Sign into your EndNote 21 account to access your EndNote library.

Once installed, the EndNote CWYW app for Google docs allows you to:

  • Choose and apply a referencing style in documents
  • Search for references
  • Insert citations into documents
  • Create a reference list from inserted citations
  • Update citations from your library
  • Sync your EndNote library with the app

Using EndNote with Google Docs (EndNote 20 and before)

There is no EndNote Cite While You Write tool available for Google Docs (some other citation managers will work with Google Docs).

However it is still possible to use EndNote with Google Docs by inserting unformatted citations, saving it as an RTF file and then formatting the document using EndNote.

Step 1: Highlight the references in EndNote

Step 2: Drag and drop the references into your document. This will create an unformatted citation. 

Alternatively, manually insert unformatted citations in the format {first authors surname, year #record number}. To see the record number, in EndNote, right click on the display fields shown in the middle panel and tick Record Number to add it to the display.


Step 3: Save your completed document as a RTF or ODT file.


 


Step 4: From Endnote, select Tools→Format Paper→Format Paper.  Select your unformatted .rtf or .odt file


Step 5:  In the Format Paper box, select the Output style (e.g. APA) and then select format.

Name the file and choose where to save it.
*Note - Do not load this version back into Google Docs or the formatting will disappear again.

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