Under the heading Active Application Add-ins, check whether you have. If we hover over the command Insert Endnote we are notified with the following: Add A Note Like A Comment Or Citation, Providing More Info About Something In Your Document. If this solution does not fix your issue, please refer to the Cite While You Write FAQs page from the Clarivate EndNote website (linked below) - scroll down to find the answer that fits your versions of Word and EndNote. In Word, click the File tab and choose Options. We must select the References tab and locate the area of the ribbon named Footnotes as shown in the image below. To re-instate EndNote X8/X9 in Word on Macs, please see the first link below.

The EndNote ribbon should appear immediately in Word.

Make sure the box beside it is ticked, then click OK.

If CWYW is installed, then EndNote Cite While You Write will appear as one of the add-ins available.

If it is not listed, then go down to the bottom of the window to the Manage drop-down list.

Close and re-open Word when this is done. If prompted, select to allow the file (s) to be loaded by Word.

Under the heading Active Application Add-ins, check whether you have the EndNote Cite While You Write COM Add-in (see the Type column). Word 2000/2002/2003 (Win): Click the 'Help menu' and select 'About Microsoft Office Word.' Click 'Disabled Items.' Highlight any EndNote item (s) and click 'Enable.' Click Close.

Select Add-Ins from the left hand menu.

In Word, click the File tab and choose Options.

To reinstate the EndNote tab in Word on Windows devices, please follow the instructions below in the first instance: Please try the solution provided below in the first instance:

There may be a number of reasons why, if you have had the Cite While You Write (CWYW) add-in showing in Word previously, it may have dropped off.

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