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windowandupdatethetermlistfromjustthosereferences.SelectShowAllReferencesfromtheReferencesmenubeforeusing
theUpdateListcommandtobesurethatyouareupdatingthelistfromallofthereferencesinyourlibrary.
ImportantpointsabouttheUpdateListcommand:
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UpdateListdoesnotchangethetermsinyourreferences;itonlyaddsnewtermsfromyourreferencesintothetermlist.
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UpdateListdoesnotaddduplicatetermstoalist.
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UpdateListremovesleadingandtrailingspaces,butdoesnotchangepunctuation.
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UpdateListdoesnotautomaticallylinkfieldstoatermlist.Foreasydataentry,youcanlinkasingletermlisttoany
numberoffields.SeeLinking
Term
Lists
to
Fields
.
Toupdateatermlist:
IfyouareupdatingtheJournalslist,seeUpdating
a
Journal
List
.
1. Determinewhichreferencesshouldbescannedfortermsandmakesuretheyareeither"showing"orselectedinthe
Librarywindow.
2. FromtheToolsmenu,selectDefineTermLists,andthenselectthetermlistthatyouwouldliketoupdate.
3. ClickUpdateList.
4. ThecurrentlylinkedfieldsarelistedinthedialogasthefieldsfromwhichEndNotegathersnewterms.Ifnecessary,
removeafieldfromthislistbyselectingitandclickingRemoveField;oraddanewfieldbyselectingitfromtheAddField
list.Addingorremovingfieldnamesfromthislistdoesnotaffectthelinksbetweenfieldsandtermlists.
TheGenericfieldnamesareusedinthisdialog.SeeList
of
Reference
Types
tofindthecorrespondingfieldnamesforthe
fieldsofvariousreferencetypes.
5. Toupdateatermlistfromonlythecurrentlyselectedreferencesinyourlibrary,checktheUpdateTermsFromSelected
Referencesoption.
6. ClickUpdatetobegintheupdatingprocess.Whenfinished,EndNotedisplaysthenumberoftermsaddedtothelist.Click
OKandtheprocessiscomplete.
Note:Pressor
+.(period)stopstheupdateprocess,butalltermsaddeduptothatpointarekeptinthetermlist.
DelimitersUsedforSeparatingTerms
Thetextthatisusedtoseparatethetermsinaparticularfieldisdeterminedbythe"Delimiter"settingsontheListstabofthe
TermListsdialog(selectDefineTermListsfromtheToolsmenu).
Ifyourkeywordsareseparatedbyaslash,suchas:
Antarctica/ozone/stratosphere
youshouldtypeaslash(/)asthefield’stermdelimiter.Acarriagereturnisalwaysinterpretedasadelimiter,soitisnotnec-
essarytoenteradelimiterfortheAuthorfields,oranyotherfieldthathastermsenteredone-per-line.Ifdifferentdelimitersare
usedforthesamefieldinyourreferences,youwillneedtodomorethanoneupdateprocess,updatingfromthereferenceswith
differentdelimitersseparately.