# Reformat references and citations (manually done) in Word into EndNote

**URL:** <https://community.endnote.com/t/reformat-references-and-citations-manually-done-in-word-into-endnote/289125>\
**Category:** EndNote How To\
**Created:** [March 10, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/reformat-references-and-citations-manually-done-in-word-into-endnote/289125 "2009-03-10T22:16:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![liverworts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@liverworts](https://community.endnote.com/u/liverworts)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/reformat-references-and-citations-manually-done-in-word-into-endnote/289125/1 "2009-03-10T22:16:03Z")

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Hi all,

My collaborators added citations and references by manually typing them in a Word document. Now I need to reorganize them into the format for the journal PLoS. Besides creating a blank library and manually adding/editing each reference in EndNote, is there a quick way to automatically import those into EndNote, set the right format, and then display them with the desired format of citation and reference in Word again? Thanks a lot!&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![liverworts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@liverworts](https://community.endnote.com/u/liverworts)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/reformat-references-and-citations-manually-done-in-word-into-endnote/289125/3 "2009-03-10T23:01:51Z")

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hi, there are about 70 references, none of them is previously added in any EndNote library. They were cited as (Author et al year), and the references were typed in a way different from PLoS. I use EndNote X2 under Windows Vista. &nbsp;