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Author: Jim Freeman    Posted: 13/10/2001 22:32:42 GDT
I'm have a major problem. I just installed the 5.0.2 update, although I don't know if this is the cause. All of a sudden in the last ten pages of my 60 page document all the citation have been replaced with what looks like raw code from the EndNote database. It shows all the field names and all the data in the fields mixed right in with my text. If I try to format or unformat Word crashes. I can't even select the offending code to delete it because my cursor grabs a bunch of the surrounding text. I would welcome any suggestions. CC: me directly since I am on digest. Thanks, Jim

Fwd: Corrupt file
Author: Jim Freeman    Posted: 14/10/2001 16:59:43 GDT
An update to my last message. I removed the 5.0.2 update files and replaced them with slightly older ones that tech support had given me to download. I'm not sure if 5.0.2 was the culprit, but since the problem coincided with 5.0.2 I'm not taking any chances. Then I retrieved a backup file from before the corruption, copied the new corrupt text into a text editor (Word wouldn't let me edit it), removed the EndNote code by hand, and copied the text into my back up file. I then worked on the file for several hours, inserting EndNote citation freely, and the corruption hasn't repeated itself. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but the whole thing was very disconcerting. Jim Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Freeman "jpfreeman" > Date: Sat Oct 13, 2001 02:32:42 PM US/Pacific > To: "endnote-interest" > Subject: Corrupt file > > I'm have a major problem. I just installed the 5.0.2 update, although I > don't know if this is the cause. All of a sudden in the last ten pages > of my 60 page document all the citation have been replaced with what > looks like raw code from the EndNote database. It shows all the field > names and all the data in the fields mixed right in with my text. If I > try to format or unformat Word crashes. I can't even select the > offending code to delete it because my cursor grabs a bunch of the > surrounding text. I would welcome any suggestions. CC: me directly > since I am on digest. > > Thanks, > > Jim >

Endnote 5 (was Re: Corrupt file)
Author: Adrian Smith    Posted: 15/10/2001 18:33:45 GDT
>I'm have a major problem. I just installed the 5.0.2 update, although I >don't know if this is the cause. All of a sudden in the last ten pages >of my 60 page document all the citation have been replaced with what >looks like raw code from the EndNote database. It shows all the field >names and all the data in the fields mixed right in with my text. If I >try to format or unformat Word crashes. I can't even select the >offending code to delete it because my cursor grabs a bunch of the >surrounding text. I would welcome any suggestions. CC: me directly since >I am on digest. > >Thanks, > >Jim Argh, this is what I was afraid. I have had enough problems with long Word documents corrupting that when I read that Endnote was embedding even more information in the Word file it made me think more than twice about upgrading. Is there anyone out there who think any of v5 features are worth the update and is willing to convince me of the fact :) Adrian

RE: Endnote 5 (was Re: Corrupt file)
Author: Wiedemann, Leanne    Posted: 15/10/2001 21:20:50 GDT
Dear Adrian, Having asked a similar question recently, so far, no one has written and said that v5 has any upgrade facilities which make it worth the update. This is embarrassing, because I already had requested that our IT department buy the upgrade and they are waiting for me to tell them I have finished testing it and they should roll it out. In fact, it sounds just the opposite. Leanne Wiedemann Stowers Institute for Medical Research 1000 E 50th St Kansas City, MO 64110 phone (816) 926-4052 FAX (816) 926-2009 "lmw" -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Smith "mailto:adrianslists" Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 12:34 PM To: "endnote-interest" Subject: Endnote 5 (was Re: Corrupt file) >I'm have a major problem. I just installed the 5.0.2 update, although I >don't know if this is the cause. All of a sudden in the last ten pages >of my 60 page document all the citation have been replaced with what >looks like raw code from the EndNote database. It shows all the field >names and all the data in the fields mixed right in with my text. If I >try to format or unformat Word crashes. I can't even select the >offending code to delete it because my cursor grabs a bunch of the >surrounding text. I would welcome any suggestions. CC: me directly since >I am on digest. > >Thanks, > >Jim Argh, this is what I was afraid. I have had enough problems with long Word documents corrupting that when I read that Endnote was embedding even more information in the Word file it made me think more than twice about upgrading. Is there anyone out there who think any of v5 features are worth the update and is willing to convince me of the fact :) Adrian

Is 5 worth it (was corrupt file)
Author: Jim Freeman    Posted: 16/10/2001 19:27:55 GDT
Coming from the guy with the corrupt file, I want to say that cite while you write is pretty cool. I hated editing citations by hand (which way does that slash go again?) and having to format the document all the time. Spell checking is pretty useless. The CWYW interface could use some work. I hate the lookup feature. I switch to endnote and type the first letters of the author I want and usually find reference much more easily. I also wish there were a way to automatically enter the edit citation dialog when inserting a citation. And it **really** should have been written for Mac OS X! Jim On Monday, October 15, 2001, at 11:00 PM, endnote-interest-digest wrote: > Is there anyone out there who think any of v5 features are worth the > update and is willing to convince me of the fact :)

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