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Article #431Re: Suggestion for reducing the Size of Endnote Library
From: Don Milton
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 15:43
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 15:43
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Kimberly Mattingly/Technical Support wrote:
>
> >My Endnote library had reached 2 mb (which is a lot for my 40mb HD). I
> >created a new (blank) library, and imported the old library into it. The
> >size reduced by almost 35%.
> >
> >I don't know the reason, but it just might work for you as well. My
> >suspicion is that when records are deleted, empty spaces are left in the
> >file, which are released when copied to a new file.
>
> Yes, you are correct. That is exactly what is happening.
>
> Kimberly Mattingly
> EndNote Technical Support
>
> Niles & Associates, Inc. Internet: nilesinc@well.sf.ca.us
> 800 Jones St. telephone: 1 (510) 559-8592,
> Berkeley CA 94710 fax: 1 (510) 559-8683
>
What is the Niles suggested method to avoid this disk hogging behavior?
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Subject: Re: Suggestion for reducing the Size of Endnote Library
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