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EndNote: What's New in Endnote 21

All your EndNote questions answered

What's new in EndNote 21

 

EndNote 21 is largely similar to EndNote 20, though there are a couple of notable additions.

EndNote 21 now offers Cite While You Write functionality with Word Online and Google Docs.

  • You can download it via Extensions>Add-ons>Get Add-ons in Google Docs, and via File>Get Add-ins>More Add-ins in Word Online.

New Cite While You Write plugin for Word and EndNote 21


EndNote 21 also features an upgraded EndNote Web experience
The new EndNote web look a lot more like EndNote desktop.

  • To activate this new version of EndNote web, you must first download EndNote 21 and enter your EndNote web username and password in the Edit>Preferences>Sync area. 

New EndNote Web

 

There is now a change case option for text entered into EndNote.

  • This was a feature that disappeared from EndNote 20 and then was restored in the latest version. 

New change case option in EndNote
 

The Preview window now has 3 tabs, Summary, Edit and PDF. 

  • In EndNote 20, the PDF tab was moved to the summary area. 

Summary, Edit and PDF modes in the edit window in EndNote 21

There is a new Tags feature

  • Tags function similarly to groups, the difference being that Tags are colour-coded. There is a 'Manage Tags' button found in the edit reference mode that you can use to assign Tags to a reference

Manage tags button in Edit Reference mode

My Tags in EndNote