Install EndNote and sync libraries across Windows® and Mac® platforms. Please see EndNote Desktop, Online and iPad® - Sharing libraries for alternatives ( FAQ item 26), or the detailed description of 'Classic' network sharing ( FAQ item 10). The below procedure describes the 'new' sharing via an EndNote Online account. There are many ways to share an EndNote Library or 'groups'.

Drag the new citations over to your original library.EndNote 20 - Sharing libraries information.

Back in the Library, click on the top of the Record Number Column to sort.

For Column 8, define it to show Record Number and click OK

Click on the Edit tab, hover over Preferences, and click on Display Fields.

Edit the Display fields so you can see the Record Number Field and sort by Record number:.

If the recipient has added some records to the library, you must add these records to their library in the same order (or just accept the whole library sent by the recipient, replacing your original library). It is very important to maintain the record numbers in libraries.

When finished editing, the recipient will need to compress the library and send it back to you.

Click on the File Tab, and click Open. They can then add records to the library (and document).

enlx library just as they would any other library enlx file to their EndNote Library folder

Within EndNote, the recipient should open the.

enlx file along with the Word document to your colleague. enlx file with your other EndNote libraries

Choose to Send All the References in the Library.

Choose to Send with or without attachments (the pdfs, figures, etc.).

Click on the File tab at the top, select Compressed Library, and choose Create (or Create & Email).

To do this, you will want to compress the library:

To maintain integrity, you should send the whole supporting EndNote library along with the Word document.

Share a Word document and so that the references are still edit-able. Or, you might want to share the document with the hidden codes removed – see “Citing While Writing'. When you create a document in Word using EndNote, the document should have all the information anyone else (even someone without EndNote) would need. This is because EndNote makes a “Traveling Library”, automatically, that is part of the Document.

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How to share endnote library files