OSX (10.6.8) + endnote + word 2008 = no cite while you work appearing in word

I have installed 30 day trial of endnote on my mac (OSX 10.6.8). I have an endnote  folder in my applications folder - there are lots of other folders in there - a good sign I think. I can open endnote no problems. I have successfully added an article to my library. However, no endnote option appears in Word. All tutorials I find seem to assume that endnote will have appeared in Word. It hasn’t. I have tried installing ‘cite while you write’ manually using the customize option in endnote. No joy.

Don’t know what to do, any help? (I’m going to buy the full version for my MA, but not if I can’t get the thing working)

I have the same problem with:

latest OSX 10.9 and latest Pages

I cannot add any references

For the missing EndNote tools in Word 2008, please see the following article:

http://endnote.com/kb/98005

As is mentioned in that article, make sure Word is updated to at least version 12.1. “Make sure you have at least the SP1 (12.1.x) update for Microsoft Word 2008 installed. You can download the update from Microsoft here or you can use the Update feature for Word by clicking on the Help menu and then Check for Updates. You can check if you have version 12.1.x installed by clicking on the Word menu and selecting About Word.”

The first post on this thread was about Microsoft Word, not Apple Pages 5. Leanne is correct with regards to mwwoj’s post about Pages 5. For customers like 123Loto with Microsoft Word 2008, EndNote X7 is compatible.

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