Repeated bibliography

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Hi everyone,

I am using Endnote X7 trial with Microsoft Word 2013. Unfortunately, I noticed everytime I add a citation using the ‘Insert Citation’ tool, my bibliography is duplicated. If I add two references, I get two duplicates. If I add four, I get four.  How can I fix this? I tried to remove the added bibliography and save the file. But in the new file also same thing happens. Please kindly help me to fix that problem. I am completeing my PhD thesis and I do not have much time.

Your kind help is appreciated.

Thanks

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EndNote uses field codes to keep track of citations and the issue you are reporting can happen when something has gone wrong with the field codes. Please follow these steps to resolve the field code issue.

In Windows:

  1. Make a backup of your document.

  2. In Word 2010/2013 with Endnote X4 or later, go to the EndNote tab and choose the “Convert Citations and Bibliography > Convert to Unformatted Citations” command.

In Word 2007 with Endnote X1 or later, go to the EndNote tab and choose the “Convert Citations and Bibliography > Convert to Unformatted Citations” command.

In Word 2007 with Endnote X or earlier, go to the Add-Ins tab and choose the “EndNote > Unformat Citations” command.

In Word 2000/2002(XP)/2003 go to the Tools Menu and select “EndNote > Unformat Citations” command.

This will remove the reference list and revert the citations.

  1. Press [Ctrl]+A on the keyboard to highlight everything.

  2. Press [Ctrl]+6 (above the “T” and “Y” key) to remove any additional hidden field codes.

  3. Press [Ctrl]+C to copy the highlighted text.

  4. Open a new document and press [Ctrl]+V to paste.

Note: If you have citations in footnotes, you will need to click in the footnotes section and repeat steps 3- 6.

You should now be able to format this cleaned up version of the document without running into problems.

Please note that you may get the “EndNote Select Matching Reference” dialog box when formatting the bibliography. This may be because you have modified the author name or the year in one of the references. Please click here for information on how to resolve this.

On a Mac:

  1. Make a backup of your document.

  2. Choose the “Tools > EndNote > Unformat Citations” or “Convert to Unformatted Citations” command, which will remove the reference list and revert the citations.

  3. Press [Apple]+A on the keyboard to highlight everything.

  4. Press [Apple]+6 (above the “T” and “Y” key) to remove any additional hidden field codes.

  5. Press [Apple]+C to copy the highlighted text.

  6. Open a new document and press [Apple]+V to paste.

Best regards,

Miguel Mendoza

Thomson Reuters Technical Support

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I am having the same problem, except I’m on a Mac. I’m using Apple Pages 5.2 and EndNote X7.1. What are the steps to rectify this situation for my configuration?