EndNote plug-in for Word compatibility with Indesign

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April 4, 2024
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A project has come across my desk where the EndNote plug-in for Word has been used. When importing the file into Indesign the endnotes are all in-tact but they are not dynamic and they don't have hyperlinks between the entries. ls there anyway to keep that dynamic link or is EndNote functionality just not compatible with Indesign? TIA

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James Gifford—NitroPress

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There are a number of add-ins that speed creation and organization of end notes, for academic users. My experience with them is that while they streamline the keyboard-to-page/PDF organization and formatting, usually for journal manuscripts or simple book pages, they are less than friendly to any kind of format export or import by any other app, including ID.

Unless you can export the Word doc with the end notes in native app format, the odds of a successful ID import are slim. I would try saving the doc as RTF and see what an ID import makes of it.

Robert at ID-Tasker

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[...]Unless you can export the Word doc with the end notes in native app format, the odds of a successful ID import are slim. I would try saving the doc as RTF and see what an ID import makes of it.

By @James Gifford—NitroPress

As long as some kind of markers are in place - piece of cake.

I've finished solution to convert automatic and manual Footnotes inserted in WORD using WORD's mechanism - 100% automated:

It turned out, that in some WORD files someone added "markers" manually - so it needs to be cleaned up first:

Then, swap ID's auto marker and manual marker, then convert manual to my marker - so the rest of my mechanism can do its job.

But in order to do this - I need to add "preflight" rule that will check if auto is next to manual - and flag problems.

James Gifford—NitroPress

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Maybe. I have two colleagues who rely on these academic helper tools, which are 100% focused on the researcher/writer/style guide/references linkage end at the expense of nightmarish technical convolutions. I've had to basically rebuild more than one doc from plain text.

Robert at ID-Tasker

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What "EndNote plug-in" are you talking about?

WORD can handle Endnotes on its own:

Can you share your WORD and INDD documents?

Doesn't have to be in full - part of it will be sufficient.

And you can share it on priv if you prefer - click my name and you'll have MESSAGE button.

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