How To Change Output Styles In Endnote

Editing a referencing output way

Not all EndNote styles volition be correctly configured to encounter your publishing requirements - it may be necessary for you to edit a style:

Open up EndNote
Become to Edit > Output Styles > Open Style Manager
Select the style you want to edit . You lot may need to add a style to EndNote (run into the Downloading output styles into EndNotebox to the left).
Click Edit . The style window opens.

To change how in-text citations announced:

1. Left menu > Citations > choose the aspect y'all want to change

Example: When using EndNote'due south APA 6th output fashion the author'south initials will appear in in-text citations for those authors with the aforementioned surname only different initials. To forbid this from happening:

Open up the style window as outlined above.
Left menu > Citations > Writer Proper noun > untick Use initials only for main authors with the aforementioned name

Then get Citations > Cryptic Citations > untickInclude the author initials or full name in citation.
Close the way window (2d Ten) > Yes to save changes. This will relieve as APA 6th copy leaving the original style unchanged.
Go to Format Bibliography icon and select APA 6th re-create .
This should remove author initials from your in-text citations.
If you lot experience problems when trying to save your edited style see the EndNote FAQ : Problems saving styles

To change how citations announced in your bibliography:

ane. Open the manner window as outlined above. Left menu > Bibliography > Templates . View the Bibliography template in the main window.

To change the format -Highlight the text & use Formatting buttons above the In-Text Citations window
To alter punctuation - type or delete punctuation as required.

Too as the above aspects, at that place are special characters or 'fields' with which EndNote controls how records appear in the bibliography. Place your cursor where yous want the character in the template. Go to Insert Fie ld on the right and select the appropriate character:

Singular/plural (^ caret symbol) - used if there is unlike text for singular/plural forms e.g. (Ed.),^(Eds.)
Link adjecent text - a non-breaking space (shown as a small grey diamond in the template) used to link adjacent text to a field so text doesn't appear if the field is empty.
Forced separation (| pipe symbol)-used to separate punctuation from adjacent fields. east.g. yous might want a full terminate at the cease no matter what fields are empty.
Field names as literal text (`dorsum apostrophe symbol)-used if you want text in your records that has already been used every bit a field name e.one thousand. if yous want the word 'year' as well as the field year.
To remove a field -Highlight> click Delete on your keyboard.
To substitute fields select Bibliography > Field Substitutionsand tick the appropriate boxes e.g. the URL field can be inserted for records without a DOI.

ii. Don't forget to save your changes as a re-create. Test your changes in a exam Word document.

3. If you experience problems when trying to save your edited style see the EndNote FAQ : Problems saving styles

Please come up to the Medical Library with your En dNote library & document for farther help or contact us by phone / email (run into Contact United states of america on left).

Resolving incorrect capitalisation

You might observe that although you lot have entered or imported the periodical championship correctly in a reference in your EndNote library, information technology appears differently (e.g. not correctly capitalised) in the document bibliography.This is a result of the journals term list of the reference style you are using. Here are a couple of ways to resolve this problem.

i. Using a reference style that doesn't crave journal abbreviations (east.g. APA 6th):

Click on Edit > Output Styles > Open Manner Manager
Highlight the style you are using
Click Edit .
When the edit window opens click on Jounal Nameson the left hand side.

The higher up screen volition appear.
Select Don't Replace - EndNote will ignore the journals term list & utilize whatever appears in the periodical field of the references.
Close the window (the second x) and save every bit a copy. You volition need to select this re-create of the way. In EndNote use the Styledrop down carte. If information technology does not appear click Select Some other Style > and cull your manner.

Note: You need to check the formatting of the journal title of all imported references since they will now be displayed in the bibliography exactly as they appear in your EndNote library.

2. Using a reference style that requires journal abbreviations (e.chiliad. Vancouver):

Deletethe existing journals term list.
Importthe Medical journals list.
See Vancouver and Term Lists for instructions.

Downloading output styles

If the required reference style is not available in EndNote's output styles y'all will need to download it from the EndNote styles webpage :

Click on Download for the required style > Open
The mode file volition open in EndNote.
In EndNote become to File > Save Equally > remove the discussion copy > Save.
Click the second small black cantankerous to closeOR File > Close manner .

To locate your downloaded style:

EndNote > Style drop down carte du jour
If not there click on Select Some other Manner > scroll downward & highlight required style > Choose.

MAC users – Click on your required style and locate information technology in your "Downloads ". Then drag an driblet it into your Styles folder at HD\Applications\EndNoteX8\Styles.

If you experience problems when trying to salve your edited way run across the EndNote FAQ :Bug saving styles

Note: If you are having problems with existing styles in EndNote you lot may need to update these files. Just follow the directions above for the problem style files - removing the word 'copy' volition ensure that the updated file overwrites the older version.

Vancouver KEMH

Vancouver KEMH output style for KEMH guideline referencing contains two new referencing types: Chemist's for citing online drug information resources in KEMH guidelienes; Guideline for citing online guidelines. If you are interested in this altered style see the Vancouver KEMH Style tab on the Referencing style guides folio.