help merging references in word / same reference, different recordnumbers are not merged

Thank you for your answer.

  1. I’d rather not have my duplicates removed, since I ordered them in folders and some belong in >1 folder

if there’s no other solution, what if…

  1. if I remove duplicates, can my word document change? I.e. if I referred to jefferies #227 in one place, and (without noticing) referred to jefferies #402 (same article) at another place and I remove duplicate #227 in endnote, will that first reference be lost (that’s not an option)

Last question, sorry for my non-understanding, what do yo mean by “Then, format the document”?

Thank you very much for your quick answers