However, the converted library can be opened in EN X9.2 or older by using the sync feature (with your EN Online account) to download the references to a newly created empty library as described in this article.If you are on version X9.2 or older you will need to update to X9.3 - this will also convert your EndNote library to a 9.3 version that is not backward compatible with older EN versions.If you have been using EndNote version 9.3 or older, it may be prudent to wait a few months for teething issues to be identified and addressed by Clarivate and developers of related applications, but it is totally up to you if you are feeling confident about moving to a whole new EndNote interface, which is the major change between X9 and 20.

Make sure that you keep (and backup) BOTH files – if you need to go back and revise your paper you want to open the UNCONVERTED version, so that the citations can be updated as needed.

Save the file with a new name – this is now the file that you want to submit online.In the EndNote toolbar, look for the “Convert Citations and Bibliography” pulldown, and select “Convert to Plain Text” (no, it isn’t going to remove all the lovely formatting from your paper – just the coding for those citation links).Save your file (you’re doing this every 10 minutes or so anyway, right? RIGHT?).So there’s another step that you need to take when you’ve finished your paper – If you send someone a digital copy of your paper (such as when you submit it via TurnItIn), that coding is going to make your citations appear as gibberish.

But those citations actually include coding that links to your EndNote library. When you use EndNote to insert citations into your paper, you see the text of the citations and the reference list – if you print the paper out, that’s exactly what you get.

Endnote x9 20