# Monitor folder option

**URL:** <https://community.endnote.com/t/monitor-folder-option/260761>\
**Category:** EndNote General\
**Created:** [February 7, 2014, 10:15am UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/monitor-folder-option/260761 "2014-02-07T10:15:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![colinanthony001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@colinanthony001](https://community.endnote.com/u/colinanthony001)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 10:15am UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/monitor-folder-option/260761/1 "2014-02-07T10:15:51Z")

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I want to be able to set Endnote to monitor a folder with all my paper (preferably a folder in dropbox) and automatically add these to the library.

Is there a ‘monitor folder’ option in Endnote X7? and if not are there plans to creat this functionality?

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**Author:** ![jasonr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@jasonr](https://community.endnote.com/u/jasonr)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/monitor-folder-option/260761/2 "2014-02-07T16:39:28Z")

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Yes. The feature is called “PDF Auto Import Folder” in Preferences. Please see the attached screenshot.

Jason Rollins, the EndNote team

 ![ENX7_PDF_folder.gif](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/endnote/original/2X/6/656682b14c783a4ec4133c1c7f948d60002c00de.gif)