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Thomson Reuters:"Re: Copying references into a library on a different computer" - 1 New Post - Community Subscription
Author: Community Mailer    Posted: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:32:01 -0800
Subject: Re: Copying references into a library on a different computer Author: Leanne (Authority) Date: 11-14-2009 06:31 PM Version of Endnote program please - on both computers, but particularly on the originating computer?  You will not transfer their "groups" unless you take the whole compressed library from one computer to the other.  In X3 you can export just one part, or one group and import that into another endnote library.  But it will have new record numbers and not match manuscripts.  But I think if you compress a part of an X3 library (with or without attachments) that compressed file (named as .enlx file) those records will retain the original record numbers.

Thomson Reuters:"Re: Copying references into a library on a different computer" - 1 New Post - Community Subscription
Author: Community Mailer    Posted: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:18:36 -0800
Subject: Re: Copying references into a library on a different computer Author: Charlie (Visitor) Date: 11-15-2009 02:18 AM Thank you for the reply. I am using EndNote on three different computers (2 Macs and 1 Windows) (because I have three offices where I have to use it), thus I transfer references/libraries between these three computers, from every direction. The version on the Macs is X1, and the one on the Windows, I don't remember exactly, but I bought it last year, I think, so it must be pretty new. In terms of transferring libraries, I have been copying both .enl and .data, so there shouldn't be a problem...

Thomson Reuters:"Re: Copying references into a library on a different computer" - 1 New Post - Community Subscription
Author: Community Mailer    Posted: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:00:19 -0800
Subject: Re: Copying references into a library on a different computer Author: myoshigi (Guru) Date: 11-15-2009 03:00 AM The reason you are losing group information may be due to the version differences between machines. Group function has been evolving every version upgrade, so backward/forward compatibility is not really guaranteed at all.   But, before that, why don't you work with a flash drive or external portable hard drive, and work on the single library? Then, you don't need to copy or synchronize your data between machines. All you need is the discipline of routine back up.

Thomson Reuters:"Re: Copying references into a library on a different computer" - 1 New Post - Community Subscription
Author: Community Mailer    Posted: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:48:53 -0800
Subject: Re: Copying references into a library on a different computer Author: Charlie (Visitor) Date: 11-15-2009 03:48 AM Thanks for your quick reply. Yes, I understand what you mean. Maybe I should just do that, in which case, should I just copy .enl and .data and use them on all computers? (Or do I need to copy more files/folders?) Even now, I actually do use just one library, as you suggest, since, after working on a library, I make a copy of it and take it to another computer and add it to the library folder in the new computer. I guess I wanted to transfer just the references I worked on to a different computer.   (By the way, I wasn't using the "compress" function when transferring libraries. I was simply dragging .enl files and .data folders into my USB memory to move them to a different computer. Should I be doing something else?)

Thomson Reuters:"Re: Copying references into a library on a different computer" - 1 New Post - Community Subscription
Author: Community Mailer    Posted: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:07:55 -0800
Subject: Re: Copying references into a library on a different computer Author: myoshigi (Guru) Date: 11-15-2009 04:07 AM I'm not 100% sure about what you are trying to do, but do you mean you wan to copy some references you "appended" to the libarry in one computer to another computer? But, all you need is to copy .enl file and the associated .data folder with the same name. Everything should be exactly copied, including group information.   However, when you do this, make sure EN versions are the same particularly between Mac and PC. I don't do this between Mac and PC, but it works just fine between several PCs. Because I need to copy .enl file and .data folder (and bunch of other files I made changes or create) every time I move from one place to another (e.g., office, lab, home, mobile), I use so called data synchronization software.

Thomson Reuters:"Re: Copy & Paste of Text" - 1 New Post - Community Subscription
Author: Community Mailer    Posted: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:43:48 -0800
Subject: Re: Copy & Paste of Text Author: Leanne (Authority) Date: 11-24-2009 01:43 PM Can you attach a copy of the exported file (you may have to change the file type to .txt to do that.  Tell us what the original file name was.  A filter can probably be adapted to get the proper tags to the proper fields.    Also there is a change a move field option (under tools), which could be used to move the DOI to the correct place in records already in the library.  You can also use that option to add keywords to a selection of records.

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