EndNote

Your Library Location 

First, choose the location for your EndNote library. We recommend using the Applications folder.

If you use Desktop or Documents as a file location, AND you have your laptop set to back up to iCloud, your Endnote Library might be corrupted, or the EndNote application may have difficulty finding the correct pathway.

To avoid this, use the Applications folder.

Creating a Library with Save as Package

We recommend that you do click the Save as Package box.

Instead of a .enl file, the Library will save as an .enlp file. This will keep your .data and .enl files, which are the two parts of the EndNote program, together. Separating the files can cause issues.

Macs have an EndNote menu that includes Settings (Prefences on Windows) and the Customizer. The header will show what version of EndNote you are using and any updates, e.g. 2025 or 2025.1.The Customizer can make several fixes that use installation, including: adding a missing EndNote Toolbar in Word by re-installing CWYW, installing EndNote Click, adding more Output Styles, and uninstalling EndNote. 

EndNote Menu

Customizer window and options

Differences between a Word for Mac EndNote menu and the menu in the Windows version of Word

Word for Mac

Windows

Permission needed when using Word

If you have updated to a new operating system (OS), you may finds applications do not work because permissions have gone back to a default, and you need to allow permission to the applications again.

Sometimes you will be prompted for a permission change in EndNote, or in Microsoft Word. Click Allow, See an example of a prompt in Word below.

If the program persists in requesting permission, the first thing to try is giving permission under Security > Automation and turn on permission for Microsoft Word; although, it may not stop all Allow requests. See below.

If you wish, you can give EndNote Full Disc Access, as you would for an Anti-virus Program. This will keep EndNote from requesting you to Allow at the program level. Note: If you are uncomfortable with this level, you can just acknowledge the Allow option when needed.

If you have another citation management programs installed on your computer, you will have to disable it in Word before Word will work with EndNote.

• Select Word Tools > "Templates and Add Ins"
• Uncheck the citation manager that you aren't using

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Uncheck the other citation management ".dotm" then click ok.

You will need to do this each time you start a new document until you uninstall the other citation manager.

EndNote is a very robust citation management system, and works best with a traditional word processing suite. Pages is designed for collaboration, and creation of eye-catching documents. Pages is great for creating charts and ePUB documents; however, Pages is not designed for academic papers. EndNote will have a different interface in Pages, than it does in Word for Mac. UGA Librarians are not trained in using EndNote with Pages, and cannot support Pages.

• If you are using Pages because it came free, keep in mind that as a UGA student or faculty you can download the Microsoft Office suite for free! Access to the suite is in your UGAmail account.