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how to efficiently combine many libs into 1?
Author: Alexander Shenkin    Posted: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:13:54 -0400
Hello All, I have about 82 separate libraries, and I'm sick and tired of trying to remember where the @#$! I've put this or that reference. So, I'd like to combine them all into 1 - if for nothing else than for ease of retrieval (perhaps I'll still keep them in separate libs for normal usage). Is there any better way than opening up each one and copy-pasting them into one combined library? Any scripts that will rip through and combine them automatically? Another wrinkle is that some of my libs are in the old EN format - ugh. On another note - has anyone seen Papers for the Mac? Man - that is sweet! I'm almost tempted to get a mac just for that program! ISI-Thompson better hope they don't port it to windows! thanks, allie

RE: how to efficiently combine many libs into 1?
Author: Leanne    Posted: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 14:16:36 -0400
You want to import them into one, throwing away the duplicates. But I don't know of a script to do it. Leanne Please consider the environment before printing this email. -----Original Message----- From: /> On Behalf Of /> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 5:14 PM To: /> Subject: how to efficiently combine many libs into 1? Hello All, I have about 82 separate libraries, and I'm sick and tired of trying to remember where the @#$! I've put this or that reference. So, I'd like to combine them all into 1 - if for nothing else than for ease of retrieval (perhaps I'll still keep them in separate libs for normal usage). Is there any better way than opening up each one and copy-pasting them into one combined library? Any scripts that will rip through and combine them automatically? Another wrinkle is that some of my libs are in the old EN format - ugh. On another note - has anyone seen Papers for the Mac? Man - that is sweet! I'm almost tempted to get a mac just for that program! ISI-Thompson better hope they don't port it to windows! thanks, allie

Re: how to efficiently combine many libs into 1?
Author:    Posted: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 14:10:28 -0400
I would suggest that you combine related libraries and deal with the duplicates before you put all the references in one big library. Combining into one library automatically and then trying to find the duplicates seems like a loooooong job. If you can make say 8 libraries covering your general areas of interest you might not need the one humongous library. At 6:13 PM -0400 31/3/08, wrote: >Hello All, > >I have about 82 separate libraries, and I'm sick and tired of trying to >remember where the @#$! I've put this or that reference. So, I'd like >to combine them all into 1 - if for nothing else than for ease of >retrieval (perhaps I'll still keep them in separate libs for normal >usage). Is there any better way than opening up each one and >copy-pasting them into one combined library? Any scripts that will rip >through and combine them automatically? > >Another wrinkle is that some of my libs are in the old EN format - ugh. > >On another note - has anyone seen Papers for the Mac? Man - that is >sweet! I'm almost tempted to get a mac just for that program! >ISI-Thompson better hope they don't port it to windows! > >thanks, >allie -- David Harvey 60 Gipps Street Drummoyne NSW 2047 Australia Tel: 61-2-9719-9170

RE: how to efficiently combine many libs into 1?
Author: Leanne    Posted: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 19:13:13 -0400
Perhaps I should clarify my reply: the elimination of duplicates is one of the import options when importing one endnote library into another. Open one of the libraries save it to a new name ("combined"?) and then File>Import select the second library and set the Import options (Endnote Library) Duplicates (discard duplicates - or put duplicates in a different library) and I assume you don't need any text translation, although I haven't tested it on older libraries. repeat x 80 more times :-{ Leanne -----Original Message----- From: /> On Behalf Of /> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 1:17 PM To: /> Subject: RE: how to efficiently combine many libs into 1? You want to import them into one, throwing away the duplicates. But I don't know of a script to do it. Leanne Please consider the environment before printing this email. -----Original Message----- From: /> On Behalf Of /> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 5:14 PM To: /> Subject: how to efficiently combine many libs into 1? Hello All, I have about 82 separate libraries, and I'm sick and tired of trying to remember where the @#$! I've put this or that reference. So, I'd like to combine them all into 1 - if for nothing else than for ease of retrieval (perhaps I'll still keep them in separate libs for normal usage). Is there any better way than opening up each one and copy-pasting them into one combined library? Any scripts that will rip through and combine them automatically? Another wrinkle is that some of my libs are in the old EN format - ugh. On another note - has anyone seen Papers for the Mac? Man - that is sweet! I'm almost tempted to get a mac just for that program! ISI-Thompson better hope they don't port it to windows! thanks, allie

RE: how to efficiently combine many libs into 1?
Author: Joe    Posted: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 19:15:06 -0400
hi, I don't know which version you guys are using, but it is not a problem at all to find all duplicates and discard them with a couple of clicks with Endnote X1, so why is a script necessary ? It is also a very easy job to organise your libraries in a single library because you can create a maximum of 500 custom groups (more than enough for 99.999% of us) in this library. joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- > Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 14:16:36 -0400 > From: /> > To: /> > Subject: RE: how to efficiently combine many libs into 1? > > You want to import them into one, throwing away the duplicates. But I > don't know of a script to do it. > > > Leanne > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > -----Original Message----- > From: /> > On Behalf Of > /> > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 5:14 PM > To: /> > Subject: how to efficiently combine many libs into 1? > > Hello All, > > I have about 82 separate libraries, and I'm sick and tired of trying to > remember where the @#$! I've put this or that reference. So, I'd like > to combine them all into 1 - if for nothing else than for ease of > retrieval (perhaps I'll still keep them in separate libs for normal > usage). Is there any better way than opening up each one and > copy-pasting them into one combined library? Any scripts that will rip > through and combine them automatically? > > Another wrinkle is that some of my libs are in the old EN format - ugh. > > On another note - has anyone seen Papers for the Mac? Man - that is > sweet! I'm almost tempted to get a mac just for that program! > ISI-Thompson better hope they don't port it to windows! > > thanks, > allie > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- More immediate than e-mail? Get instant access with Windows Live Messenger

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