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Import / Export: How to export item & pdf from Zotero to Endnote

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    • CommentAuthorPeter100
    • CommentTimeNov 6th 2009
     
    I am a new Zotero user but experienced Endnote user and want the flexibility to move between the two, at least for some time.

    I have searched the Zotero support forum and documentation for 'export pdf endnote' but can only find advice for how to import FROM Endnote TO Zotero (e.g. http://www.zotero.org/support/kb/importing_records_from_endnote and http://www.zotero.org/support/kb/exporting_from_endnote_with_pdfs). However I need help the other way: export TO Endnote FROM Zotero WITH pdfs. Curiously I have been unable to find resolution.

    I've managed to find advice for how to export using the Zotero RDF option (including files and notes) but Endnote does not want to import the pdf(s) along with the item(s).

    My current Endnote X1 library is ca 1500 most with pdf attachments. I am considering importing them into Zotero but I want the option of exporting them out again for my colleagues who still use Endnote.
    • CommentAuthoradamsmith
    • CommentTimeNov 6th 2009
     
    well once you're in Zotero, why would you go back to endnote ;-)
    Seriously, though, export/import both ways isn't really good enough to "go back and forth".
    From Zotero you would probably want to use the RIS export - that does include links to files, though possibly you need to fix them - you would have to look at the RIS output if this doesn't work automatically. Endnote reads RIS without problems, though.
    Maybe you would need to tinker with Endnotes import filter, too.
    This won't be entirely lossless, it's just not there yet (and Endnote, of course, has no interest in it ever being...)
    • CommentAuthorPeter100
    • CommentTimeNov 7th 2009
     
    Thanks for the reply. Any suggestions for how to 'fix' and 'tinker' the RIS output? I am still at a loss.
    • CommentAuthoradamsmith
    • CommentTimeNov 7th 2009
     
    my apologies - I remembered that incorrectly - Zotero does indeed not export the link to attached pdfs in any of the standard export formats (RIS, BibTeX, MODS/XML). I don't have a good idea of what to do - this really should be addressed, being able to export in a clean way is an important feature of citation management software...
    • CommentAuthorPeter100
    • CommentTimeNov 7th 2009 edited
     
    I can not agree more and very surprised that the issue has not surfaced before now. Can someone enlightening us?
    • CommentAuthorpascoa341
    • CommentTimeFeb 1st 2010
     
    Indeed, I have tried Zotero before and did not like it. I want to give it a second chance now, but definitely want the ability to go back to endnot or another programme. Could this be implemented?
    • CommentAuthornoksagt
    • CommentTimeFeb 1st 2010
     
    Is EndNote able to import PDFs from any of the standard formats? If so, what method do they use to denote a link to a file (L1 ?)
    Zotero does indeed not export the link to attached pdfs in any of the standard export formats (RIS, BibTeX, MODS/XML)
    Note that EndNote cannot import MODS or BibTeX directly. But the Zotero translators could in principle output attachments for each of these formats, just as they already import attachments from them.

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