Temporary Citations Aren't Replaced

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Hello, 

When I use Endnote x9 to input an in text citation on Word 2020, it comes out as a temporary citation. Instant formatting is turned on but they are still temporary citations. 

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Hi, I appreciate the reply!

I’m not sure what you mean by manually update it.

To clarify, my problem is I will have Vancouver style selected in both Endnote and Word, and then sometimes when I insert my selected citation, a temporary citation will appear that does not update into the correct format. This problem is on and off as well. For example, I could be doing the citations fine with no problem, save the doc, log off, and the next day, when I try to resume where I left off, I encounter this problem again. I hope that provides a little more context into the problem.

The previous times the problem resolved itself came randomly after just playing around with it for a bit of time. However, I do quite like Endnote for writing 

Do you have any idea how to troubleshoot this?

Thank you for the help.

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The behavior is not normal so I would suggest making a backup copy of the document.

You can then use the following steps:

On Windows:

  1. Make a backup of your document.
  2. In Word 2010/2013/2016 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 to a temporary format.
  3. Press [Ctrl]+A on the keyboard to highlight everything.
  4. Press [Ctrl]+6 (above the “T” and “Y” key) to remove any additional hidden field codes.
  5. Press [Ctrl]+C to copy the highlighted text.
  6. Open a new document and press [Ctrl]+V to paste.
  7. On EndNote (version) tab, click on “Update Citations and Bibliography” 

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.

On a Mac:

  1. Make a backup of your document.
  2. Word 2008/2011 : Choose the “Tools > EndNote > Unformat Citations” or “Convert to Unformatted Citations” command, which will remove the reference list and revert the citations.
    Word 2016/2019 : Go to the EndNote tab and select the “Tools > Convert to Unformatted Citations” command.
    This will remove the reference list and revert the citations to a temporary format.
  3. Press [Command]+A on the keyboard to highlight everything. Note: The [Command] key may be identified as the [Apple] key on some keyboards.
  4. Press [Command]+6 (above the “T” and “Y” key) to remove any additional hidden field codes.
  5. Press [Command]+C to copy the highlighted text.
  6. Open a new document and press [Apple]+V to paste.
  7. Word 2008/2011 : Choose the “Tools” > EndNote > Update Citations and Bibliography
  8. Word 2016/2019: For EndNote X7/X8 : Bibliography drop-down > Update Citations and Bibliography.
  9. Word 2016 : EndNote X9 : EndNote tab > Update Citations and Bibliography
    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.

We have these steps on the website:

https://support.clarivate.com/Endnote/s/article/EndNote-Problematic-field-codes-causing-jumping-cursor-the-range-cannot-be-deleted-or-other-problems-while-formatting?language=en_US

If the above does not help to resolve the issue then contact Technical Support directly:

1-800-336-4474 option 4 then 1

or
https://endnote.com/contact/