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EndNote Guide: Saving a backup copy and/or sending a copy of your library by email

EndNote Files

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EndNote 21 for MAC

EndNote 20 for Windows

You will be asked for your UC login.

For PC users:

To install EndNote 20, double click on the EndNote20.exe file downloaded from the above link.  Extract this file file onto your desktop by clicking on the the three ... and selecting your Desktop.  This will create two new files, EN20Inst.msi and License.dat. Double click on EN20Inst.msi to start the install. The license.dat file must be present in the same folder.

Additional Files

The Library provides some modified and additional Filters and Styles.

Note that any zipped files need to be 'unzipped' i.e. right-click and choose the extract command. Copy these files to your EndNote file folder location.

If you just need the APA 7th style, note that this is not 'zipped'. Just save it into your styles folder.

C:/Progam Files (x86)/EndNote 20/Styles

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Saving a Backup copy

Once you have created a large EndNote library you can save a compressed  copy of your original library and any associated files  (such as PDFs) to another location as a backup file

You can also use this method to transfer your library and associated files to another computer

Open your EndNote library

  • Click File | Compressed Library (.enlx)
  • Choose appropriate options for your compressed library and click Next
  • Save the compressed library where you wish to store your back up file - USB stick, portable hard drive, another computer. Avoid using Dropbox or other cloud based storage systems.
  • To uncompress the .enlx version of your EndNote library double click on it or in EndNote use File | Open