how to make endnote distinguish different usage of parentheses?

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Hello, in my paper, I have several figures and charts that I need to use something like “(Figure 1)” and mathematical formula. However, my citation format also uses parentheses. So, when I insert a new citation, endnote treats “Figure 1” and my formula in the parentheses as a citation.

What is annoying is that whenever I insert a new citation, a window pops out saying it cannot find citations for “Figure 1” or my formula and asks me to ignore. After I click the ignore button, the page jumps to the where the “Figure 1” is and I have to scroll back to where I was working on.

Please help me. How to tell endnote that one is a citation and another is not, or how to use other symbols to tell endnote to do it but is still displayed as parentheses?

Thank you.

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It sound like you may have changed the default temporary citation delimiters to regular parentheses rather than the curly brackets.  On a document by document, you can change it to { and } in the format bibliography dialog box.  You may have changed it in the Endnote preferences though, an changing it there back to curly brackets should change them all.  (in EN, edit>preference> temporary citations.

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Thank you so much for your help! It worked.

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