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Record numbers in EndNote Plus are a main conceptual limitation (and a
nuisance).

Frustration is worst when trying to reformat a (revised) old paper
containing lots of citations with wrong (outdated) record numbers (e.g.
because of merging the former database with others).

Provided you...
  - are using the Word 5.x plug-in module of ENP,
  - keep all the references cited in the said paper within
    one library,
  - don't have too many ambiguous citations (see below),
  - aren't using the number sign (#/garden fence/ascii code
    35) in your paper,
  - know how to fiddle with simple special chars in the
    search/change tool in Word 5.x,
try the following procedure with a *copy* of your paper:

1. Unformat all the citations in your paper

2. Delete the record number (e.g. #128) in each citation. This can be
automated by using Word's find/change command. Search for the following:
number sign (#/garden fence/ascii code 35) followed by Word's symbol for
numerals (^#/circumflex plus garden fence/ascii 94 plus ascii 35), replace
with the number sign alone. Repeat until there are no more changes. Then
search for the number sign alone and replace with nothing (empty).

3. Format the paper using your most recent library containing all the cited
references (but not necessarily with the correct record numbers). EndNote
is going to resynchronize the citations in your paper with the references
in your library.

This does only work for non-ambiguous references. As soon as there are two
or more references sharing the same name of the first author and the same
publication year End Note won't know which reference to refer to and is
going to ask you what to do. Check these problematic entries by hand and
insert the correct references.

Not really a solution - but a workaround.


Urs Grob
ugrob@rzu.unizh.ch
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