+. (period) stops the update process, but all terms added up to that point are kept in the term list.Use the Update Term List dialog to automatically update a term list from words already in your library. This is useful if you have turned off the preference to automatically update your term lists, or if you have received a library from a colleague without a term list, or if you have deleted a term list and wish to recreate it.
Update List does not change the terms in your references; it only adds new terms from your references into the term list.
Update List does not add duplicate terms to a list.
Update List removes leading and trailing spaces, but does not change punctuation.
Update List does not automatically link fields to a term list. For easy data entry, you can link a single term list to any number of fields. See Linking Term Lists to Fields.
To update the selected term list:
If you are updating the Journals list, see Updating a Journal List.
The currently linked fields are listed in the dialog as the fields from which EndNote gathers new terms. If necessary, remove a field from this list by selecting it and clicking Remove Field; or add a new field by selecting it from the Add Field list. Adding or removing field names from this list does not affect the links between fields and term lists.
The Generic field names are used in this dialog. See List of Reference Types to find the corresponding field names for the fields of various reference types.
To update a term list from only the currently selected references in your library, check the "Update Terms From Selected References" option.
Click UpdateOK to begin the updating process. When finished, EndNote displays the number of terms added to the list. Click OK and the process is complete.
Note: Typing Esc or
+. (period) stops the update process, but all terms added up to that point are kept in the term list.
Click on the Terms tab, and scroll through the term list to make sure that the Update List command had the desired result. If it did not, you can highlight specific terms and remove them by clicking Delete Term.
After using the Update List command, you might find that due to errors or variations in spelling, you have multiple entries for the same term. Scan through the list and delete the unwanted terms.
If necessary, use the Find and Replace command from the Edit menu to change all occurrences of a term in your library. For example, if both "geochronology" and " geo-chronology" are entered as keywords, you can delete the unwanted term "geochronology" from the term list, then click on the Library window, and select the Find and Replace command from the Edit menu to change "geochronology" to " geo-chronology" throughout the library.
If necessary, use the Find and Replace command to change all occurrences of a term in your library. For example, if both "geochronology" and "geo-chronology are entered as keywords, you can delete the unwanted term geochronology from the term list, then click on the Library window, and select the Find and Replace command from the Edit menu to change "geochronology" to " geo-chronology" throughout the library.