Word 2002 Endnote Numbering Problem

If you are a skinflint like me and refuse to upgrade to the latest version of Windows Office you may find this workaround for a notorious Word 2002 bug helpful.

If you add Footnotes or Endnotes to a document and then delete one or more you will probably find the numbering goes bananas. I have tried every fix on the internet to sort it but only one works for me. 

Make your Endnote changes and save the document. use Ctrl+A to select the whole document, then Ctrl+C to copy. Open a NEW document (the page layout is not important) Ctrl+V to paste the document. You should note that the Endnote numbering is now correct. Ctrl+A to select this modified document. Go back to the original document which should still show that it is Selected, if not Ctrl+A again and then Ctrl+C to past in the modified document. Check that your modification has worked, if so Save. Best of luck!

Zotero Update

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. 

Zotero version 3 has just been released together with a standalone version. Formally only available as a Firefox Add-in the standalone version means you can use Zotero whatever your browser preference. To find out more about the standalone version visit this thread on the Zotero Forum.


WARNING: After many years happily using Office XP  and Word 2002. I upgraded to Office 2010 and obviously Word 2010. Zotero installed ok and appeared in the Add-In tool-bar, however when I tried to insert a citation in my document I received an error message, see below. I searched the Forum for a solution without success. As I am in the middle of a dissertation I do not have the time to resolve the problem so I have reverted back to Word 2002, with which version 3 works fine.

See my previous posts relating to Zotero, the original post, update and Zotero v Endnote.