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I'm sure that there is some quick fix to this - could someone point me in the right direction? each time I try to use a keyboard shortcut - I get an 'error sound' from my mac. For example, I highlight some text on a PDF inside BE using my mouse and the little annotation bar pops up, then I use Comma...

Thanks Jon.As the annotations generate text in the notecard field ("notes") - it is possible to do a SQL/Regex for the references with recent changes or updates to the notes field of the database? Would this work as a "work around"? I'll go and have a look at the Apple script for...

Hi, I'd like to form a smart group that can filter for a PDF that has been marked up/annotated - either within a specific time period (e.g the past 4 weeks) or in a specific group. There's no standard option for this in smart groups but I'm pretty sure it can be done by SQL/Regex but I'm not exactly...

Hi Jon (and others), I'm coming back to this question as I've now got a long report that has the page numbers in both roman numerals ( i-x) for the first 10 pages, and then in decimal numbers 1-128 for the body of the report. Is there anyway to capture both these systems with quotes? Or should I jus...

Thanks Jon - I'll do this. What is the best way to make my library portable in this case? I'm on my work computer (no icloud access) about 80% of the time, but the other 20% I need to access my BE library from a personal laptop and sometimes home mac desktop. It's a bit unclear to me how best to set...

Hi, I use a work computer (Mac desktop) and our IT department have changed how they manage them and have removed icloud access. I am no longer able to sign into icloud on my work computer. I had Bookends set up with the PDF folder in icloud, and I also use Bookends ios. I tried downloading my PDF fo...

I can't attach a .ris file to the forum because it gives me an "invalid file type" message. However, here's what the .ris files look like when opened in text edit TY - CONF AU - Imhof, M.P. AU - Heemskerk, G.E. AU - Cox, M.T. TI - Soil information management and knowledge sharing in Victor...

Hi, I'm assuming that I've got some setting incorrect - each time I try to import a .ris file it is imported "blank" - that is a new record is created but none of the fields are populated. I have the RIS.fltr ticked in my import filter manager. These are .ris files from different sources- ...

Thanks Jon - I've got lots of groups both static and smart. I like labels because of the colours, so I'll work with the 9 options. Thanks for clarifying...

This is what I was looking for as a Bookends-PDF pane that allows annotation. I had to change a few things in my settings. Settings -> Refs - > Editing References - > In: Standalone window Use: One Window per reference AND Settings-> Lists -> Double click: Toggle edit pane/window. Now when I double-...

I like using the colour labels to curate literature for different papers/projects I'm working on. I find them easier than keywords and at a glance I can see which paper they belong to. However, I've used all 9 Label categories and I can't see how I can add more. Can you someone please confirm that t...

I have added a number of custom reference types.

I would like to be able to sort them alphabetically in the Reference Edit Pane so that I can find them quicker to apply to new entries.

Is this possible?

Hi Jon, Thanks for the response, I definitely don't want to make a second library! Here's some of my use cases to explain what I need. 1. Thesis Marking/Examination: I like to mark thesis/dissertation in PDF form, and I love Bookends for being able to keep my notes with the original document. In the...

Hi, Question: How can I convert the Bookends Field codes to plain text after scan in word document? Context: I'm co-authoring a paper with >10 colleagues. I'm responsible for the final check on citations & references and generating a clean bibliography. All the authors have been typing their cit...

Is there anyway to find all Notecard tags? I've been tagging notes as I make them, at times to capture key concepts from the literature that I want to come back and explore, or I want to track a concept across multiple readings. I'd like to know if there is a way to find all the tags I've applied ? ...