Recent versions of Microsoft Word have a built-in referencing system.
Some students who have been using this system want to transfer their Word references into EndNote. Fortunately, the desktop version of EndNote makes that easy.
1. Run EndNote with a new or existing library you wish to receive the Word references.
2. Open up the Word document containing the in-text citations to transfer.
3. In Word, change to the EndNote tab of the Word toolbar ribbon.
4. From the Export to EndNote drop-down, select Export Word Citations. This will export all the references in the current document. Alternatively, select Export Word Master List to export all references currently present in the Word referencing system, even if they have not been used in this document.
5. You can choose the EndNote library that you already have open, browse to select another EndNote library, or choose to create a new EndNote library for the exported Word references.
Click OK. Wait patiently for the Export complete pop-up box to appear.
The references will have been added to the library selected.