Saving a Compressed Copy of a Library

You can save an EndNote library, including the filename.enl file, its associated .DATA folder, and all of its contents, to a single compressed file in order to back up your library or send to a copy to a colleague. Later, you can restore the compressed library with EndNote.

Note: EndNote libraries larger than 4 gigabytes or 65,535 files cannot be compressed with EndNote’s Compressed Library command.

Creating a Compressed Library File

1. Open the library in EndNote.

2. From the File menu, select Compressed Library (.enlx) to display a Compressed Library dialog.

3. Use the radio buttons to determine these options:

• Specify whether you want to Create a compressed library or to Create & Email the library.

• Specify whether you want to save file attachments with the library or not.

• Specify whether you want to save all references to the compressed library, only selected references, or only the references in a specific group or group set.

• Click OK Next to display a file dialog.

4. Save the compressed library to a folder on your hard drive. You can rename the file name but you cannot use the following characters.

5. If you selected the Create & Email option, EndNote will launch your default email system, create a new email, and attach the compressed library file to the email.
   
   Enter additional information to the email, such as a recipient, subject, and message. Click the Send button.

Restoring a Compressed Library File

1. Use EndNote (version X or later) to open the filename.enlx file, which will extract the .ENL file and the .DATA folder to the same folder where the. enlx file is located.

2. Use EndNote to open the filename.enl file as you normally would to use the library.