How do I copy a reference?

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I’ve just downloaded the update, and I’m unable to copy/paste a reference. Did this command change? Or, is there another convenient way to enter multiple chapters in an edited book?

thanks!
dale

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which version? You mean in the library view, you select one, and then copy and paste to create a second copy you can edit? I have Endnote 21.3 on Windows and I have no problem copy (Ctrl_c) and paste (Ctrl_v). commands?

I wonder if the new “primary duplicate” option is at work, although I can’t find the new feature described in the endnote “help” function. I don’t really see how it is different from the original - can’t combine them, and I can’t see which one is the “old one” or “new one” or most complete, and how one continues without still say “keep this one”?

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mornin’ Leanne!
I also have 21.3 (bld 17918)

I am also using the Ctrl C/P process, but now nothing happens. If I use the menu, the Copy command seems to do something (I see a short circle), but Paste is grayed out.

There is an option to Copy Reference To, but my choices are only a New Library or an existing library. This time I tried my existing library, and I was able to create the Copied References group. This isn’t quite how the instructions described the process, but I guess it’s the aim.

Certainly a more cumbersome system than Ctl-P, but it gets the job done.

dale

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I’ve also discovered that I can get it to Paste the copy if I click back onto the reference, try again, and wait for it to go through a “not responding” phase. It does finally respond with a copied reference. I don’t think it’s happy that we want to make copies, but it will comply.

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mine goes thru an “update PDF” or maybe “indexing PDF” step. but otherwise it worked okay… report the apparent bug to the endnote.com support team?

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I’d agree that it’s a bug, but I don’t know how to report one.

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I suggest you report it here.

https://support.clarivate.com/Endnote/s/Product-or-technical-question?language=en_US

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Suddenly the CTL - C and P work just fine! I had done a full reboot for another problem, so maybe that did the trick? There was a new Windows update in the past few days, which has been playing havoc. Maybe this wasn’t an Endnote problem after all?
dale

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