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Migrating from EndNote

EndNote exports XML and RIS. RIS is the most reliable for cross-tool migration.

Export from EndNote

  1. Open your EndNote library.
  2. File → Export — select RIS (or EndNote XML for the maximum fidelity if you’re transferring to another EndNote install, but RIS is what Ad Marginem reads cleanly).
  3. PDFs attached to records are stored in the .Data folder next to the .enl library file — grab those separately.

Import into Ad Marginem

  1. Settings → Data → Import — drop the RIS file.
  2. Drop the PDFs from the .Data folder; the bulk-attach workflow matches them by filename → title.

Notes

  • EndNote groups → Ad Marginem collections.
  • EndNote keywords → Ad Marginem tags.
  • EndNote custom fields don’t have a direct map; they land in the freeform notes field on each item with a [EndNote: <field>] <value> prefix.
  • “Rating” stars carry over.