Logic of display of "Select Duplicates to Delete"?

[jcooper11]

Never understood this. Think I should be able to figure this out myself, but have not.

In the upper panel, suppose there are two Refs listed. Which is first and which is second?
Not the Ref #, not whether it's checked for deletion, not whether it's on the right or left in the lower panel... Hmm.

In the lower panel, which of the two are shown on the right vs the left?
Not marked for deletion, not having more stuff in a field... ???

I read in the manual about the criteria for deletion. They make sense. Would you consider adding "Contained in Groups"? For two otherwise identical references, I want to keep one that is contained in one or more groups, not one that is not contained in any groups.

Thanks very much.

(I just finished writing an article for Annu Rev Biochem, and I can't begin to calculate how much time I saved, using many of the features in Bookends. I admit I come from the dinosaur age of the 3x5 card file system.)

[Jon]

You're asking about the manual verify before delete duplicates, right? The order of the duplicates in the list is indeterminate, they are paired, but there is no order. You can tell the order of entry in the lower pane: the reference are numbered in the order they were entered (or imported). In the lower panel the first selected reference is on the left, the second on the right.

Inclusion in a group could be a deciding factor if the refs are tied for everything else.

Jon
Sonny Software