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Endnote and MS word 2008 mac

With tracking on, and under circumstances I have not nailed down, endnote insert citation will fail with a 'COM' error and will not update the field codes. The solution is to close word, close endnote and then reopen the document. On the next citation insert all field codes will be properly updated.

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