This topic lists the important EndNote files to backup. If you received the EndNote program electronically, you may want to start by backing up the EndNote installer.
The library file (filename.enl) is where all of your references are stored. Note that exporting data from your library is not a backup. An export file is just a text document, whereas an EndNote library is a database. Make sure you back up both the file with the extension .
If you saved your library as a package, the .ENL file and .DATA folder are part of the library package with the extension .
You can save an EndNote library (the filename.enl file, its associated .DATA folder, and all of its contents) to a single compressed file called Sample_Library_.enlx in order to back up your library or send a copy to a colleague. Later, you can restore the compressed library with EndNote.
Open the library in EndNote.
From the File menu, select Compressed Library (.enlx) to display a Compressed Library dialog.
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 the selected (highlighted) references, or only the references in a specific group or group set.
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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.
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.
Use EndNote to open the filename.enl file as you normally would to use the library.
The current reference types table applies to all libraries opened under the current user account.
To back up custom reference types:
From the EndNoteEdit menu, select Preferences.
Click the Reference Types option in the list of preferences.
Under Reference Type Table, click Export to display a file dialog.
Name the file, select a folder where you will be able to find it later, and click Save. EndNote will append an .xml suffix to the file name.
To restore the reference type table:
From the EndNoteEdit menu, select Preferences.
Click the Reference Types option in the list of preferences.
Under Reference Type Table, click Import.
In the file dialog, locate, highlight, and Open the .xml file that was previously exported.
Modified styles are important to backup so that you do not have to recreate the bibliographic format if something happens to your customized style. Similarly, custom filters and connection files should be backed up so that you do not have to redo the work to get your references to import as you want them.
When you display a list of styles, filters, or connection files, the list is compiled from both the default installation folders as well as your personal folders.
The default Styles, Connections, and Filters folders are installed in the EndNote program folder , which is typically found in the Applications folder.:
Program Files\EndNote \Styles
Program Files\EndNote \Filters
Program Files\EndNote \Connections
If you have not modified these files, it is not important to make backups of them because you can always reinstall them with the EndNote Installer.
Once you make a change to one of these files, or create a new file, it is saved to your personal Styles, Filters, or Connections folder. These folders are typically found in Users/ [Your Folder]/Documents/EndNote.
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\My Documents\EndNote\
Windows Vista: C:\Users\User Name\ Documents\EndNote
Windows 7: C:\Users\User Name\ Documents\EndNote
Windows 8: C:\Users\User Name\ Documents\EndNote
You can change the location of your personal folders with Folder preferences. To locate or change your personal Folder locations, see Folder Locations.
The papers you have written that include EndNote citations should be kept with your EndNote backup files.
EndNote Preferences
Copy the com.ThomsonResearchSoft.EndNote.plist preference file, which is located in the Users/[Your Folder]/Library/ Preferences folder. Each user account maintains its own EndNote preference file. This file contains the settings for most of the items in the EndNote Preferences, including modifications that you have made to your display fonts, default library settings, online preferences, term list settings, and duplicates criteria.
The list of words to be excluded from sorting (using the Sorting preferences panel) is stored in the Users/ [Your Folder]/Library/Application Support: EndNote folder. It is called "EndNote Sort Words." The file that sorts the words from the Change Case preferences panel is in that same folder and is called "EndNote Case Words." If you have entered lengthy lists of terms into these preferences panels, you should also back up these two files.