How to Make EndNote X1 & X2 work with Word 2007?

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Yingting Zhang

July 31, 2008 – Peggy

Problem: While trying to format the bibliography of my thesis recently, EndNote managed to hang and crash Word 2007. When I restarted Word, the EndNote tab was nowhere to be seen.

Solution: The EndNote Cite While You Write Add-in had been disabled by Word due to its malfunction. Re-enabling the CWYW Add-in takes just a few steps. This only applies to Word 2007 for Windows, not earlier versions.

Start by clicking on the “Office” button in the top left corner of the Word2007 window (The fact that Microsoft elected to make that thing act as a button, with no label of any sort, is a topic for another rant). Under the Office button menu, click on “Word Options” at the bottom of the menu. That opens up the Word Options window. Click on “Add-ins”.

At the bottom of the list of Add-Ins, under “Disabled Application Add-Ins”, you can see the Cite While You Write add-in. To re-enable this, go to the Manage: menu. Change the menu from “COM Add-ins” to “Disabled Items”

Click Go, and you’ll get a new little window.

Click on the “Add-in: cite while you write (endnote cwyw.dll)” and then hit Enable.

After doing that, shut down Word 2007 and restart. The EndNote tab should re-appear and work like normal.

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16 Responses

  1. Poor user, on December 18th, 2008 at 12:56 pm Said:

    Thk !!

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    • Mheeflash, on August 6th, 2009 at 10:53 am Said:

      Thanks a lot. I tried many times instaling and uninstalling MS Word2007 and EndNoteX1, but failed. However, you tell me very useful information. Thanks again!

      Reply
  2. Frustrated_GradStudent, on February 4th, 2009 at 11:36 pm Said:

    Awesome! A million thanks!

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  3. Tran Ho Quang, on May 18th, 2009 at 9:30 am Said:

    Thanks for guidance

    The add in Endnote works again.

    Reply
  4. sam, on June 19th, 2009 at 10:52 am Said:

    Thank you!!! I have been searching for this for ages, and found other fixes on the Endnote website but none of them worked. I am so grateful.

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  5. Som, on July 5th, 2009 at 11:23 pm Said:

    Thanks a bunch …. a million bunches actually…..dude!!!!

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  6. S, on July 17th, 2009 at 8:44 pm Said:

    Very very helpful! Saved me hours of frustration.

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  7. Sylvie, on August 19th, 2009 at 12:07 pm Said:

    thank you so much !

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  8. tooni, on September 8th, 2009 at 10:50 am Said:

    MERCI!
    It works.

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  9. Susanne Schmid, on September 8th, 2009 at 3:35 pm Said:

    GREAT help!!!!!

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  10. joanne lawrence, on September 17th, 2009 at 6:18 am Said:

    thanx seems so inadequate but thank you never-the less.

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  11. Daffodils, on September 30th, 2009 at 9:35 pm Said:

    Thanks a lot. I had this issue and freaked out. But things are good now. SO thanks for the solution.

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  12. drdoglung, on October 5th, 2009 at 4:09 pm Said:

    Thank you very much!!! Easy fix–works beautifully now!

    Reply
  13. J.D.A, on November 2nd, 2009 at 2:31 pm Said:

    Thanks a lot, this was really helpful in stressful thesis writing times!

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  14. Anna, on November 6th, 2009 at 12:57 pm Said:

    THANK YOU! A life saver!

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  15. Peter, on November 9th, 2009 at 3:59 pm Said:

    Thanks for the clear instructions, much appreciated….

    Reply

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