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EndNote tab persistently disappears


If your EndNote tab on the Word ribbon persistently disappears this could be due to the load behaviour within the registry settings.

Load Behaviour:

If the EndNote disappears every time word is opened it could be down to the registry setting. This is a Microsoft issue and not a problem with EndNote per se.

Under Add-ins in Word you will see the current load behaviour of the particular add-in. The load behaviour of the add-in should be set to "Load at Startup".

If the load behaviour is "Unloaded" then you can change the behaviour for this setting:

  1. On  Start menu and type "regedit".
  2. In the Registry, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Office > Word > Addins >EndNote.WordAddin.Connect.
  3. The  Load Behaviour will be set to 0 or 1 or 3.

If the Load Behaviour is set to something other than "3" do the following:

  1. Close Word down completely. 
  2. Open the Registry Editor again as in previous point 2.
  3. Change the Load Behaviour to "3." Close the Registry Editor.
  4. Re-open the Registry Editor to confirm "3" is still the chosen value.
  5. Open Word. The add-in should now be visible every time you open word.
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