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>I am having a research assistant input lists of references into EN+. When I
>merge that file with my file I understand that the reference numbers will
>change; will this happen with both files or is there some way to keep the
>numbering I have in the big database so that I don't have to redo all of
those
>manuscripts that I am working on?

What happens is this:

Each library's record numbers starts with 1 for the first record, and add
one for each additional record entered (typed, pasted, imported, whatever).
Please note that the numbers are never re-used in a library, so if you type
20 references, then delete them all, the next record number will be #21.

If you type some records into the library "temp", then select and copy and
paste them into the library "master", the records will get new numbers in
the order that they are pasted into "master".  The numbers will start after
the last number in "master", so if it was #431, the first pasted record will
be #432, etc.

Therefore, anything written with the "master" library will be fine, since
the record numbers are never changed.  This is the main reason we recommend
one big library instead of lots of little libraries.

Yours,

Avi Rappoport
Niles & Associates, Inc.  2000 Hearst, Berkeley CA 94790
nilesinc@well.sf.ca.us    (510) 649-8176, fax +1 510 649-8179