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Re: Copy the RefID into another field
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Author: Rainer M Krug
Posted: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 16:35:00 -0800
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Hi Mariël
thanks for the tipe - I did it like that and it worked.
Rainer
Mariël.Volckaert "mariel" wrote:
> Hello Rainer
>
> I think I have a solution for your RefId (copy)problem ... You can't solve it in Reference Manager, because you can't copy or move the RefId field into another field.
> So, I propose you try next steps:
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> LAUNCH REFERENCE MANAGER
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> 1 Make a new RM database
> 2 Choose Tools/Options/ and change the Reference ID Assignment Mode into 'Authors,primary + Date,primary'.
> 3 Open the old database
> 4 Choose File/Export
> 5 In the dialog, you choose the RIS-format and you select 'all files'.
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> LAUNCH WORDPAD or NOTEPAD
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> 1 Open the txt-file you saved in step 5.
> 2 Choose Edit/Replace
> 3 The 'Replace' dialog appears.
> 4 In the 'Find' box, you enter following data:
> ID -
> Which means: ID space space dash
> In the 'Replace' box, you enter following data:
> U1 -
> Which means: U1 space space dash
> 5 Click the 'Replace all' button
> 6 Save the txt-file and close WordPad/NotePad
>
> ACTIVATE REFERENCE MANAGER
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> 1 Choose File/Import Text File
> 2 The 'Import Text File' dialog appears
> 2 In the 'Database' box you select the new empty RM database
> 3 In the 'Filter' box you select the RIS filter
> 4 In the 'Text file' box you select the txt file you saved in
> WordPad/NotePad
> 5 Click the 'Import' button.
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> Now all your imported references have an 'Authors+Date' Identification. The original numerical identification has been copied into the UserDef field.
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> I tried this procedure, and it worked.
> Success!
>
> Met vriendelijke groet - Best regards - Cordialement Mariël Volckaert
> www.ResearchSoftware.nl | mailto: "mariel"
> www.esdnow.com | mailto: "info"
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> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:15:00 -0800
> Rainer.M.Krug "rkrug" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I want to switch from numerical RefID to the AuthorYear principle,
>> but I have to keep the number as many articles are already filed with
>> the RefID and I don't want to change that at the moment.
>> I found the "Move Field", but I can't do it as I can't delete the
>> RefID ("Copy Field" only copies one value into all records). Any
>> ideas on how I can copy the field values?
>>
>> Rainer
>>
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