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RE: organizing pdfs AND Endnote X "can not create link" problem
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Author: E Douglas Jensen
Posted: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:02:32 -0400
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That's why I don't store my pdf's in Endnote:
I use the paper's full length title in the file's name.
Doug
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Subject: Re: organizing pdfs AND Endnote X "can not create link" problem
The biggest advantage to storing the papers in Endnote is: You do your
search in Endnote and see which paper/abstract you're interested in. You
then click the icon in that reference and your paper immediately opens.
You need not search for it, and if you move things it's still there.
I also spoke with technical support. Some endnote files cause a "can not
create link" error when trying to attach the PDf to the reference
because Endnote X has a limitation on characters:
That is to say, there is a combined limit on the PDF filename length in
combination with the Endnote library's name and library's own path. So,
the only way to get around the cannot create link problem is to (1)
shorten the name of your endnote library name, which shortens this by a
few more characters, (2) place your endnote library closer to the root
directory of the volume its on (so the path is shorter) which shortens
this by a few more characters, or (3) shorten the name of your PDf,
giving you more characters (or all three).
Technical support didn't know exactly how this worked, or why, but in
the initial relative linking, where endnote places your PDF into its
.data folder, there's a limit to what it can handle when it uses all
that information which must somehow be combined. I have asked them to
place this issue in the FAQs.
RJB
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Richard J. Bleicher, MD, FACS
Associate Member, Fox Chase Cancer Center Department of Surgical
Oncology
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on 7/20/06 1:39 PM, Rafael.Garcia "rgarcia" at
Rafael.Garcia "rgarcia" wrote:
> Regarding Jikon's question: "There are three things I'm interested in
> knowing:
> (1) how files are named
> (2) how files are organised/saved on the computer (Windows)"
>
> This is what I do. You know every item in your EndNote library gets a
> serial #. I basically use this number as the file name ( "#409.pdf"
> ). In the label field, I enter 'pdf #409' (if it were a hardcopy, I'd
> enter 'paper #409'). Then I link the library entry to the soft copy
> of the paper. I'd don't really see the advantage of storing the
> papers 'in' EndNote, but someone else might be able to explain some
advantages.
>
>
> Rafael Garcia
> Chemical Engineer
> USDA-ARS
> Eastern Regional Research Center
> 600 East Mermaid Lane
> Wyndmoor PA 19038
> voice: 215-836-3743
> fax: 215-233-6795
> "rgarcia"
>
>
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