How do can I print my research notes?

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Hi,

I have a lot of folders in EndNote organized by keywords.  Each folder contains along with the research paper and bibliographic info my research notes as well.  I want to print out the author name, paper title, and my research notes for the set of documents in a folder, is this possible?

Thanks

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Yes, it is possible, but what is folder? You mean field?

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Sorry I am new to EndNote.  I am using the X2 version and by “folder” I mean “custom groups”.  Lets say I have a custom group ‘Trust’ and I have 15 papers in that, I want a mechanism to print the research notes I have about those 15.

Thanks

Message Edited by sguls2 on 02-01-2009 09:56 AM

Message Edited by sguls2 on 02-01-2009 09:56 AM

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Endnote’s print is defined by the output style you are using. If you are using APA style, selected records will be formatted by the APA style. To be able to print your personal notes, you need to include the field you entered your notes, in the style definition. That means, you have to customize the output style.

Then, click multiple records by Shift+click or Ctrl+click, preview your print format.

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@sguls2 wrote:

Sorry I am new to EndNote.  I am using the X2 version and by “folder” I mean “custom groups”.  Lets say I have a custom group ‘Trust’ and I have 15 papers in that, I want a mechanism to print the research notes I have about those 15.

You can use Ctrl+A to select all of these records in the group. Make sure you do that in the record listing pane, not in the group listing pane.

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I suppose I am close to the solution but how do I edit the output style? Some step-by-step guidance will be great! [Note: I went to Edit -> Output Style -> Open style Manager -> APA 5th in the options and clicked Edit.  And can’t find anything about research notes there] [Note2: I went to Edit -> Preferences -> Display fields and was able to add research notes in the columns but that is not what i want]

Like I said if you can please provide me steps that would be wonderful.

cheers

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I suggest you to go to help file and cover some of the contents in “Bibliographic Style”. Customizing output style is pretty much described there. Endnote is all about formatting bibliography (besides database functions), so it will be necessary information for you anyway. Without covering that, step by step intructions will be too lengthy (and I don’t have time to write such one.)

Message Edited by myoshigi on 02-01-2009 02:52 PM

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Right! if you can’t help don’t start pointing to the ‘obvious’ mate!

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For anyone that is interested here is the answer I found on how you can output your research notes from EndNote.

  1. Go to EndNote X2 and choose File / Export

  2. Choose a destination folder or location that is easy for you to get to

  3. Name the file whatever you wish

  4. Select Rich Text Format (RFT) from the Save as Type section

  5. Change the style to what ever output stype you wish to use (for this particular problem. Choose Show all fields)

  6. Uncheck the export selected references to export the whole library OR leave checked if you want only selected references with their research notes.

  7. Click Save

Now you will have a .rtf document you can open, edit and print.  It will contain all the information about your paper and your research notes as well.

Best wishes

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Many thanks for this effective solution!

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Thanks a lot all for answers!