# Macro for Converting Endnotes to Text in Microsoft Word **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 5, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macro-for-converting-endnotes-to-text-in-microsoft-word/556178 "2010-10-05T22:02:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macro-for-converting-endnotes-to-text-in-microsoft-word/556178/1 "2010-10-05T22:02:24Z")
Do any dopers know of a macro that will convert references created with Endnotes to standard text (ie, strip out the coding) in Microsoft Word? This would make it much easier to renumber references, which is something copyeditors need to do from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macro-for-converting-endnotes-to-text-in-microsoft-word/556178/2 "2010-10-05T22:37:28Z")
I don’t have Endnote on my work computer, but there used to be a function in Endnote to convert to just text and remove all Endnote tags/flags. There is a big warning about not being un-doable. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macro-for-converting-endnotes-to-text-in-microsoft-word/556178/3 "2010-10-05T23:00:42Z")
Disclaimer: I’m only passingly familiar with EndNote. First question is: are you talking about an EndNote command or a Word macro? I first read the OP as the former, but now think you might be trying to stay within Word (does “cite while you write” work that way?). Second question is (assuming you’re looking for an EndNote command): why not just do a select and export to text? Or, if some formatting needs be preserved, export to HTML then import into Word. Clunky, yes, but I think it’d do the job. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macro-for-converting-endnotes-to-text-in-microsoft-word/556178/4 "2010-11-06T13:53:02Z")
> [@Digital\_Stimulus](#): > > Disclaimer: I’m only passingly familiar with EndNote. > > First question is: are you talking about an EndNote command or a Word macro? I first read the OP as the former, but now think you might be trying to stay within Word (does “cite while you write” work that way?). > > Second question is (assuming you’re looking for an EndNote command): why not just do a select and export to text? Or, if some formatting needs be preserved, export to HTML then import into Word. Clunky, yes, but I think it’d do the job. Sorry for not following up sooner. The problem is that a manuscript was created using endnotes and then forwarded to a copyeditor to copyedit/style. We want either me (as the intermediary) or the copyeditor to be able to convert endnotes into plain text so that, eg, references can more easily be renumbered. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macro-for-converting-endnotes-to-text-in-microsoft-word/556178/5 "2010-11-06T14:32:55Z")
In Word: Tools\>EndNote\>Remove Field Codes Will create a new document with the citations as editable text. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macro-for-converting-endnotes-to-text-in-microsoft-word/556178/6 "2010-11-06T23:44:19Z")
Yeah, are you talking about EndNote registeredtrademark or “end notes” generically? In the former case you can strip out the field codes in Word-- I’ve done this before to make documents . . .ecumenical? for publishers. If it’s “generic end notes” in Word I think you can go into the notes options and manually number things instead of having them in automagic order.