EndNote Desktop

RMIT Harvard style downloads and instructions

You need to set up two files to get the RMIT Harvard style working on EndNote Desktop.

Step 1: Set up the RMIT Harvard reference types and fields (XML file)

The RefTypeTableRMITHarvard.xml file creates all the reference types and fields specific to RMIT Harvard, and is needed for the Harvard EndNote output style to work.

1. Download the XML file by right-clicking (or press Shift + F10 on Windows, Control-click on a Mac) on RMIT Harvard RefTypeTable (XML, 54.4KB) Last updated: August 2022.
2. Select ‘Save link as’ and save directly to your desktop or your Downloads folder. In step 3, you will need to select this file, so remember where you’ve saved it.
3. To install XML file, open EndNote Desktop then:
   • On Windows: Edit > Preferences > Reference Types > Import > select ‘RefTypeTableRMITHarvard.xml’ file > Open > Apply > OK.  
   • On a Mac: EndNote 20 > Preferences > Reference Types > select ‘RefTypeTableRMITHarvard.xml’ file > Open > Save > close ‘EndNote Preferences’ box by clicking on red dot.

Step 2: Set up the RMIT Harvard output style (ENS file)

The RMIT_Harvard_EndNote.ens file ensures that all the reference types display correctly within the in-text references and the reference list in accordance with the rules of RMIT Harvard.

The new RMIT Harvard EndNote style is called RMIT_Harvard_EndNote (begins with ‘RMIT’). The old RMIT Harvard EndNote style is called Harvard_RMIT_EndNote (begins with ‘Harvard’). If you still have the old RMIT Harvard style, you should delete it BEFORE installing the new style. First close EndNote Desktop and MS Word, then delete Harvard_RMIT_EndNote from:

• On Windows: delete from C:\Program Files (x86)\EndNote 20\Styles
• On your own Mac: delete from Applications > EndNote 20 > Styles (if not there, try: Finder > Documents > EndNote 20 > styles)
• On an RMIT Mac: delete from Finder > Documents > EndNote 20 > Styles

To install the new RMIT Harvard EndNote style:

1. Download the ENS file by right-clicking (or press Shift + F10 on Windows, Control-click on a Mac) on RMIT Harvard EndNote output style (ENS, 61.2KB) Last updated: August 2022.
2. Select ‘Save link as’ and save directly to your desktop or your Downloads folder. Do not try to save directly to the Styles folder because you may get a “You don’t have permission to save in this location” error message. In step 3, you will need to select this file, so remember where you’ve saved it.
3. To install ENS file, move (cut > paste) downloaded ENS file from your desktop or your Downloads folder to its relevant location:
   • On Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\EndNote 20\Styles
   • On your own Mac: move to Applications > EndNote 20 > Styles (if not there, try: Finder > Documents > EndNote 20 > Styles)
   • On an RMIT Mac: move to Finder > Documents > EndNote > Styles
4. Open EndNote Desktop, then: Tools > Output Styles > Open Style Manager > locate and tick ‘RMIT_Harvard_EndNote’ > close pop-up window.
5. In EndNote Desktop: Tools > Output Styles > tick ‘RMIT_Harvard_EndNote’ from the list.
6. All your references in EndNote Desktop will now display in RMIT Harvard style
7. When you are in MS Word, ensure that you select ‘RMIT_Harvard_EndNote’ from the EndNote 20 tab > Style drop-down list.

Inserting EndNote references into a Microsoft Word document

EndNote automatically hyperlinks URLs in the ‘URL’ field and this default setting cannot be changed. However, in the RMIT Harvard style the URLs must not be hyperlinked, so you will need to manually remove each hyperlink in the reference list within the document. To do this:

• Right-click (or press Shift + F10 on Windows, Control-click on a Mac) on each hyperlinked URL
• Select ‘Remove Hyperlink’.

Please note: If you press the Update Citations and Bibliography button within the ‘EndNote’ tab in Microsoft Word or other word processor, all hyperlinks will re-appear and you will need to remove them again.