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Flipped Fields in Import to 8

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 9:52 am
by mchapman
I just imported my 7 database into 8. I noticed that it placed all my ISBN information into a field that is labeled edition rather than the ISBN field. This is strange as the ISBN information was obtained through using reference manager and thus I did not decide which field to store it in. Did I do something wrong when I imported? Will Global change > Move Field move this information from one location to the other (i.e., will not leave the ISBN information in the Edition field)?

Thanks, Mark

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:18 am
by Jon
Bookends 7 did not have an ISBN field, and did not have User3 and User4. When you import to Bookends 8 the User2 field (which you used for ISBN) does not automatically go to ISBN. The Global Move should work in this case (do it after backing up, of course).

Jon
Sonny Software

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:23 pm
by mchapman
Ah, clearly I changed the field label and forgot I had done so.

Thank you.