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Using Microsoft Word

Cite While You Write (also known as CWYW) is a key feature of EndNote. It allows you to access EndNote from within Microsoft Word to insert citations into your Word documents.  You can insert citations anytime during your writing process.  Use Cite While You Write (CWYW) with Microsoft Word to easily and quickly cite references and create a manuscript with properly formatted citations and bibliography. Cite While You Write gives you access to EndNote references and formatting commands either within an EndNote library or within a word document using the EndNote tab on the Word taskbar.

You can also use Cite While You Write to insert images (figures) from an EndNote library into your Word documents.

CWYW automatically builds a bibliography from the citations you insert. You can also create a list of figures.

EndNote has several videos and instructions for using CWYW on their training portal.