Answer: Reference Manager 9.5, 10 and 11 can directly convert an EndNote 7 and earlier library as follows:
- In Reference Manager select File / Open Database.
- Find the EndNote library that you wish to convert, and select it as the database to open.
- Click Open and a dialog box will appear. Click Create Reference Manager database to begin creating a Reference Manager database. If you click Open EndNote library in Read Only mode you will be able to view but not edit the reference information in the EndNote library.
- After clicking Create Reference Manager database enter a name and location for the database in the Reference Manager database to create: field and click Convert.
This will create a Reference Manager database using the data from your EndNote library; the original EndNote library file will not be affected.
EndNote 8 has a new library format that Reference Manager cannot directly convert. In order to import the references into your Reference Manager database from an EndNote 8 library, do the following:
- Export the EndNote 8 library as plain text using the RefMan (RIS) Export style.
- Open the text file you exported from EndNote in Microsoft Word. When Word prompts you for the encoding option, select "Other Encoding" and "Unicode (UTF-8)" as the options.
- In Word select "File > Save As" and save the document with a new name as plain text with Windows-default as the encoding option.
- Use the RIS import filter to import the saved file into Reference Manager.
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