Word includes a Reference tab, where you can use commands to insert Microsoft Word footnote or endnote citations. These footnote and endnote citations are not used directly by EndNote’s Cite While You Write feature (although you can insert an EndNote citation within a Word footnote). If you have citations already entered into Word, you can copy the reference information into an EndNote library and then convert the Word citations into EndNote Cite While You Write citations.
Note: The Word citation conversion features requires that your computer have the Microsoft .Net Framework installed.
To export Word citations to an EndNote library:
Open the Word document that contains the citations.
From the EndNote tab, select Export to EndNote, and then select Export Word Citations.
To export the Word master citation list to an EndNote library:
Open the Word document that contains the citations.
From the EndNote tab, select Export to EndNote, and then select Export Word Master List.
To convert Word citations to EndNote citations within the document:
Open the Word document that contains the citations.
From the EndNote tab, select Convert Citations and Bibliography, and then Convert Word Citations to EndNote.