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Problems with Mac computers and EndNote 6
Author: Trisha Reddy    Posted: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:45:17 +1300
Hello I am wondering if anyone can help me with an EndNote 6 problem. I have just started teaching Academic staff in our school using Mac computers. Unfortunately I have had the following two problems; 1. Import Filter: after saving a .txt file to the desktop (which worked fine), I was unable to select the file using the Choose File option in the Import box. This is because the .txt file was greyed out and I was therefore unable to select it. 2. Direct Export: while trying to use the Direct Export option from the File Manager in Art Abstracts (an Ovid database) I got the message "Internet Explorer doesn't know how to handle the type of file you selected..." after I clicked the Save button in the database. Any suggestions on the above problems? I must also point out that I am not that familiar with Mac computers. Thanks you very much Trisha Architecture, Property and Planning Library University of Auckland ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

Re: Problems with Mac computers and EndNote 6
Author: Jorgen Ullberg    Posted: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 11:54:28 +0200
Hi Trisha! I've experienced the same thing with a Mac at "my" place. I have been able to come around the problem, I think, but I just tried several different solutions, none that I recall unfortunately. However, most of my problems have been compability issues, that is, lousy Mac support of the service in question. That made me use three different browsers to cope with my needs. These days I usually manage with two (Safari and Mozilla, occationally Explorer). So you could try using another browser to start with. Good luck Jörgen Trisha Reddy writes: > Hello > >> 2. Direct Export: while trying to use the Direct Export option from the File > Manager in Art Abstracts (an Ovid database) I got the message "Internet > Explorer doesn't know how to handle the type of file you selected..." after > I clicked the Save button in the database. > > > Thanks you very much > Trisha > > Architecture, Property and Planning Library > University of Auckland Jörgen Ullberg Sthlm University Sweden /> ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

Re: Problems with Mac computers and EndNote 6
Author: Aimee Zuniga    Posted: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 18:07:04 +0200
>Hello > >I am wondering if anyone can help me with an EndNote 6 problem. I have just >started teaching Academic staff in our school using Mac computers. >Unfortunately I have had the following two problems; > >1. Import Filter: after saving a .txt file to the desktop (which worked >fine), I was unable to select the file using the Choose File option in the >Import box. This is because the .txt file was greyed out and I was >therefore unable to select it. i have had the same problem with Endnote 7 and PubMed. I tried as was decribed in the manual but there is no "save" box on the Pubmed window. Saving the page as text gave same problem as you describe. > >2. Direct Export: while trying to use the Direct Export option from the File >Manager in Art Abstracts (an Ovid database) I got the message "Internet >Explorer doesn't know how to handle the type of file you selected..." after >I clicked the Save button in the database. > >Any suggestions on the above problems? I must also point out that I am not >that familiar with Mac computers. > >Thanks you very much >Trisha > >Architecture, Property and Planning Library >University of Auckland > > >________________________________________________________________________ >This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email >Security System. -- NEW ADDRESS: Aimée Zuniga, PhD Developmental Genetics Dept. of Clinical-Biological Sciences University of Basel Medical School c/o Institute of Anatomy Pestalozzistrasse 20 CH-4056 Basel SWITZERLAND Phone: +41-61-267-39-21 or -20 (secretaries) Phone: +41-61-267-2724 (office) Phone: +41-61-267-3963 (lab) Fax: +41-61-267-3959 e-mail: /> Website (under construction, but operational): http://www.unibas.ch/anatomie/zeller/ ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

Re: Problems with Mac computers and EndNote 6
Author: Denis Chabot    Posted: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 12:40:57 -0400
Hi, I am not sure I understand the problem, but if it is that some text files are not recognized by EndNote, it could be a line ending problem. Get a utility like TextWrangler to open your document and change line endings to the Mac format. I know that one database I use (ASFA in fisheries science) puts the result of my searches as text in the browser's window, and when saved to disk, line endings are Unix (if I use Safari), or Mac (if I use Internet Explorer, one of the rare occasions it does better than Safari...). EndNote does not recognize the file with Unix line endings. TextWrangler changes the line endings to mac in one click and one save. It is not free, but maybe free utilities do this too. I have not tried with TextEdit, which comes free with OS X. Denis Chabot Le Jeudi, 16 octo 2003, à 12:07 America/Montreal, Aimee Zuniga a écrit : >> Hello >> >> I am wondering if anyone can help me with an EndNote 6 problem. I >> have > just >> started teaching Academic staff in our school using Mac computers. >> Unfortunately I have had the following two problems; >> >> 1. Import Filter: after saving a .txt file to the desktop (which >> worked >> fine), I was unable to select the file using the Choose File option >> in the >> Import box. This is because the .txt file was greyed out and I was >> therefore unable to select it. > > i have had the same problem with Endnote 7 and > PubMed. I tried as was decribed in the manual > but there is no "save" box on the Pubmed window. > Saving the page as text gave same problem as you > describe. > >> >> 2. Direct Export: while trying to use the Direct Export option from >> the > File >> Manager in Art Abstracts (an Ovid database) I got the message >> "Internet >> Explorer doesn't know how to handle the type of file you selected..." >> after >> I clicked the Save button in the database. >> >> Any suggestions on the above problems? I must also point out that I >> am not >> that familiar with Mac computers. >> >> Thanks you very much >> Trisha >> >> Architecture, Property and Planning Library >> University of Auckland >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> __ >> This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email >> Security System. > > > -- > NEW ADDRESS: > > Aimée Zuniga, PhD > Developmental Genetics > Dept. of Clinical-Biological Sciences > University of Basel Medical School > c/o Institute of Anatomy > Pestalozzistrasse 20 > CH-4056 Basel > SWITZERLAND > > Phone: +41-61-267-39-21 or -20 (secretaries) > Phone: +41-61-267-2724 (office) > Phone: +41-61-267-3963 (lab) > Fax: +41-61-267-3959 > e-mail: /> > > Website (under construction, but operational): > http://www.unibas.ch/anatomie/zeller/ > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > _ > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email > Security System. > ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

Re: Problems with Mac computers and EndNote 6
Author: Jorgen Ullberg    Posted: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:52:46 +0200
Why not use the connection option instead for PubMed? There is a one in the connections folder. The only connection I've tried, but it worked just great. Jörgen Aimee Zuniga writes: > i have had the same problem with Endnote 7 and > PubMed. I tried as was decribed in the manual > but there is no "save" box on the Pubmed window. > Saving the page as text gave same problem as you > describe. Jörgen Ullberg /> ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

Re: Problems with Mac computers and EndNote 6
Author: Ulrich Beutner    Posted: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 09:13:04 +0200
Hi Trisha, Your problems have been discussed several times on this platform. I don't want to blame you for not knowing this, but I am surprised how many "odd" answers you got. Thus, I will only quickly go through the solutions, for the explanations have a look in the archive. Problem 1: MacOS 9: Press the shift key while clicking on the import command MacOS X: Put Endnote in the Dock (or open Endnote). Pull the text file in question on the Endnote icon while pressing the Alt and the Apple (•) at the same time. When dragging the file on the Endnote icon in the doc, the icon should turn grey. You will then be asked which Library to use and which filter. This will solve the problem, that you cannot open files for import. There might be still problems with the import filters, but this is another issue Problem 2: Find out what file extension (like .txt) your database uses for export. (Have a look in the Download manager). Open the preferences of Internet Explorer (in OS 9 I think under Extras, but I am not sure, long time I ago I used OS 9, in OS X it is under the Explorer Menu point (on the left). Under Receiving Files select "File Helpers". On the right select "Add". Under Description type a name you will recognize (this is simply a name). In the field extension type the extension you found from the Download Manager. Using OS X you can ignore the File Type field. Under handling either use "Save to file" which simply saves the file and you have to import it manually (see above). Or select "View with Application" or "Postprocess with Application" (here I am not sure, use trial and error). In both cases IE will ask you for an applicaton, select Endnote. This should do the trick. I hope you do not get the impression that the Mac OS is a clumpsy and user unfriendly OS. This is certainly not the case, you just hit on two sore points of the OS. Problem one is related to the change from OS 9 to OS X combined with lousy programming from the Endnote people. Even under OS 9 the shift trick was well hidden in the manual (under open library but not under import) I always considered this a hidden copy protection. Under OS X it is a pure Endnote programmers bug, that you cannot open .txt files. Problem 2 is actually unrelated to the OS used. IE simply needs to know what to do with a file with a certain file extension. While the people at Microsoft went a long way of adding zillions of extensions, some they might have missed or direct to the wrong application since it uses the same extensions (e.g. Some databases download files with the .asp extension, however OS X uses this extension for the Apples System Profile file. Thus, you have to do the trick described above to redirect the file to Endnote) Good luck Ulrich -- ================================================ Ulrich Beutner, Ph.D. Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Abt.: Exp. Transplantationsimmunologie (ETI) Josef-Schneider-Str. 2 97080 Wuerzburg Germany /> Tel. ++49 931 201-31 553 FAX: ++49 931 201-31 448 ================================================= > Von: "Trisha Reddy" /> > Antworten an: /> > Datum: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:45:17 +1300 > An: /> > Betreff: Problems with Mac computers and EndNote 6 > > Hello > > I am wondering if anyone can help me with an EndNote 6 problem. I have just > started teaching Academic staff in our school using Mac computers. > Unfortunately I have had the following two problems; > > 1. Import Filter: after saving a .txt file to the desktop (which worked > fine), I was unable to select the file using the Choose File option in the > Import box. This is because the .txt file was greyed out and I was > therefore unable to select it. > > 2. Direct Export: while trying to use the Direct Export option from the File > Manager in Art Abstracts (an Ovid database) I got the message "Internet > Explorer doesn't know how to handle the type of file you selected..." after > I clicked the Save button in the database. > > Any suggestions on the above problems? I must also point out that I am not > that familiar with Mac computers. > > Thanks you very much > Trisha > > Architecture, Property and Planning Library > University of Auckland > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email > Security System. ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

Re: Problems with Mac computers and EndNote 6
Author: Robert Evans    Posted: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:03:29 -0400
Trisha, To answer problem number 1, EndNote 6 for Mac doesn't recognize text files that are created by or associated with TextEdit, the default Mac OS X text editor. (This is a known bug that was fixed in version 7.) One work-around suggested to me by ISI support is to open the exported text file in MS Word and resave it as a plain text file. I find that I also often have to change the file name when re-saving it with Word for this to work. For some reason EndNote will recognize MS Word plain text files, it will also recognize text files created with SimpleText, the plain text editor for Mac OS 9. -Robert. > Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:45:17 +1300 > From: "Trisha Reddy" /> > Subject: Problems with Mac computers and EndNote 6 > > Hello > > I am wondering if anyone can help me with an EndNote 6 problem. I have just > started teaching Academic staff in our school using Mac computers. > Unfortunately I have had the following two problems; > > 1. Import Filter: after saving a .txt file to the desktop (which worked > fine), I was unable to select the file using the Choose File option in the > Import box. This is because the .txt file was greyed out and I was > therefore unable to select it. > > 2. Direct Export: while trying to use the Direct Export option from the File > Manager in Art Abstracts (an Ovid database) I got the message "Internet > Explorer doesn't know how to handle the type of file you selected..." after > I clicked the Save button in the database. > > Any suggestions on the above problems? I must also point out that I am not > that familiar with Mac computers. > > Thanks you very much > Trisha > > Architecture, Property and Planning Library > University of Auckland ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

Re: Problems with Mac computers and EndNote 6
Author: Jorgen Ullberg    Posted: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:03:36 +0200
I've tried TextEdit but it does not seem to work. However, both WordService and BBEdit Lite should work, and they are both free. I have not personally tried the WordService app.yet, but I did try BBEdit Lite and it opened the changed file just fine. Good for me, as I also use ASFA a lot. BBEdit can still be found at Versiontracker.com despite that BareBones Software has withdrawn it from their web-site. Jörgen Denis Chabot writes: > Hi, > > I am not sure I understand the problem, but if it is that some text > files are not recognized by EndNote, it could be a line ending problem. > Get a utility like TextWrangler to open your document and change line > endings to the Mac format. I know that one database I use (ASFA in > fisheries science) puts the result of my searches as text in the > browser's window, and when saved to disk, line endings are Unix (if I > use Safari), or Mac (if I use Internet Explorer, one of the rare > occasions it does better than Safari...). EndNote does not recognize > the file with Unix line endings. > > TextWrangler changes the line endings to mac in one click and one save. > It is not free, but maybe free utilities do this too. I have not tried > with TextEdit, which comes free with OS X. > > Jörgen Ullberg ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

Re: Problems with Mac computers and EndNote 6
Author: Aimee Zuniga    Posted: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:47:42 +0200
>Why not use the connection option instead for PubMed? There is a one in the >connections folder. The only connection I've tried, but it worked just >great. > >Jörgen thanks, good tip! A. ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

RE: Problems with Mac computers and EndNote 6
Author: Anne Elliot    Posted: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:42:00 -0400
Many thanks to Ulrich Beutner for his excellent explanation to Trisha's "Problems with Mac computers and EndNote 6." I have searched high and low for this information! Anne Elliot ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content by both MailMarshal and Mcafee Antivirus. "Caution" The information contained in this e-mail (and any accompanying documents) may be legally privileged and confidential. The information is intended only for the recipient named in this message. If you are not the named recipient, you must not peruse, use, disseminate or copy any information received in or with this e-mail. If you have received this document in error, please reply to sender. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content by both MailMarshal and Mcafee Antivirus. "Caution" The information contained in this e-mail (and any accompanying documents) may be legally privileged and confidential. The information is intended only for the recipient named in this message. If you are not the named recipient, you must not peruse, use, disseminate or copy any information received in or with this e-mail. If you have received this document in error, please reply to sender. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

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