I have updated to 7.1.8.1 from 7.1.7.x (do not remember the complete version). CWYW worked perfectly before the update. Now, when I follow the instructions on Endnote, I get the message that “cwxw does not run on your machine”. I have tried both version given to connect to cwyw.
It says in the link that cwyw works only with 32bit versions of LibreOffic (versions <7), but I am sure I have been running a V7.x.y.z
System: Win10 64 bit, Ryzen 4000 processor
Endnote: 20.0.1
Beware! All these citation additions (Zotero, CWYW, …) are applications ported to many document processors. To facilitate their task, developers have chosen to create their own citation engine, independent from what is offered by the document application. Consequently, the citations themselves don’t integrate well in the specific apps. You end up with unstable documents and, worse, breaking formatting rules (i.e. all formatting is done with macros, which is another way to introduce direct formatting). In the end, formatting the document can’t easily be done with styles.
So, unless you have a citation database shared with other applications, not only Writer but, say, a library management system, prefer the built-in Writer feature. It needs a bit of learning but, generally, it has enough power to fulfill common needs.
Thanks for your comment. You are right with the formatting rules, I had to check and often correct the at the very end. But these changes were generally minor and otherwise, CWYW worked well for me and I was happy.
You suggest using the writer “insert endnote” feature, I presume, copying the reference from the Endnote program. But I do neither see how to avoid editing in case the output style is corrupted, neither how to update in case I change to another journal, or the journal changes its citation format. Is there a solution to link writer endnotes directly to the respective references in Endnote?
Maybe there is a vocabulary problem here.
Endnotes in Writer are similar to footnotes except they are gathered at the end of the document or section. Notes, generically, are side remarks or comments which are written away from the main discourse so that it does not obscure it or distract the reader with not directly relevant points.
Citations are another matter. They point to sources giving information about author, book title, publisher, date of issuance, … Generally, this is associated with a database for ease of insertion into text. You can also filter the database to limit the amount of information in the edited references.
You manage this in Writer with the Bibliography feature. You control what gets into it through the “bibliography database”. You can’t really choose the format of bracketed references to entries . But you have a rich choice of presentation of the bibliography table through a customisation similar to the one for TOC or index. Each item in this table can be assigned a character style (allowing to bold or italicise individual items).
I’ll had not notice this before. Will try it out during the holidays. Thanks!