1) To access and edit an EndNote output style, go to Edit > Output Styles > Open Style Manager
2) Highlight the style you wish to edit and click Edit
3) VERY IMPORTANT: Without making any changes to the file, go to File > Save As. Give this copy of the output style a new name and Save it. This step will preserve the original copy of the output style should you need to return to it at a later date.
The file is saved in your personal Styles folder (e.g., My Documents > EndNote > Styles folder). The new style will remain open. The original style will be left untouched.
4) Your options for editing a style are listed on the left sidebar. Universal settings that affect the formatting of all reference are listed first (Punctuation through Sections). This is where you can make changes to how Page Numbers (e.g., 125-126 or 125-6) and Journal Names (whether to use abbreviations or not) will display.
To specify formatting of in-text citations specifically, review the options under Citations. Often users want to make changes to theTemplates used for in-text citations. All of the options under Citations (Templates through Sort Order) apply only to in-text citation formatting.
To specify formatting of references in your bibliography, review the options under Bibliography. Again, users often want to make changes to the Templates used for each references type. In the image below, the template for the Journal Article reference type is circled. Click anywhere in the template to edit it. (Note: Be very careful when editing a template; it isn't always as easy as you might think. Make sure you review EndNote's Rules of Dependence before making edits to templates: Search for (Ctrl+F) Rules of Dependence in the EndNote X7 manual (Windows or Mac [Mac X7 manual coming late summer]).)
All of the options under Bibliography (Templates through Title Capitalization) apply only to the bibliography section of your paper.
This page is copied with permission from the EndNote Guide from Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences,The University of Alabama at Birmingham