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  • Jon Dron
    Jon Dron commented on a bookmark The February Mac Bundle - includes Bookends (plus some words about Word) February 1, 2015 - 6:41pm
    And within a couple of days of posting this, LibreOffice has released a version that seems to do much of what I want! http://www.libreoffice.org Maybe not perfect but, at first glance, it seems to be much more usable than the older versions. I will...
  • Jon Dron
    Jon Dron bookmarked The February Mac Bundle - includes Bookends (plus some words about Word) January 28, 2015 - 6:29pm
    I quite like Mac bundles like this that come around quite often - currently $9 for 10 apps, total list price over $280, should continue through February on a pay-what-you-like-ish basis.  As well as a few utilities that are particularly useful...
    https://creatable.co/mac/the-february-mac-bundle/
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    • Jon Dron
      Jon Dron February 1, 2015 - 6:41pm

      And within a couple of days of posting this, LibreOffice has released a version that seems to do much of what I want! http://www.libreoffice.org

      Maybe not perfect but, at first glance, it seems to be much more usable than the older versions. I will report back on it once I've played with it for a while.

  • Jon Dron
    Jon Dron commented on the blog Endnote (die die die) October 31, 2013 - 10:56am
    I've found this - http://veritrope.com/tech/the-basics-using-keyboard-shortcuts-with-applescripts/ - which seems promising. Not tried it yet but the option to add context-sensitive keyboard shortcuts looks like it should be an answer.
  • Colin Madland
    Colin Madland commented on the blog Endnote (die die die) October 30, 2013 - 5:06pm
    I can't seem to get the keyboard shortcuts to work in Zotero either...
  • Jon Dron
    Jon Dron commented on the blog Endnote (die die die) October 30, 2013 - 7:40am
    Having done the export process a few times over the years, I've wound up with a lot of duplicates in Zotero thanks to multiple imports - not too tricky to delete the excess but more hassle than I need. I've not yet completely removed EndNote...
  • Colin Madland
    Colin Madland commented on the blog Endnote (die die die) October 29, 2013 - 9:54pm
    I like that you report that bookends works well with Scrivener. I too have been frustrated that Scrivener wouldn't play nicely with Endnote. I spent a few hours last weekend figuring out how best to move my EN library into the standalone Zotero app...
  • Jon Dron
    Jon Dron commented on the blog Endnote (die die die) October 24, 2013 - 5:14pm
    Well, I went ahead and purchased Bookends after some preliminary checking using the limited version showed me it worked. It picks up all of EndNote's references as long as they are unformatted (which can still be handled via Word even though...
  • Jon Dron
    Jon Dron commented on the blog Endnote (die die die) October 24, 2013 - 1:41pm
    @Colin - looks like X6 may have some problems from the 'support' site (most support is along the lines of 'upgrade to the latset version'). They haven't even got round to fixing X7 yet, so I'd not want to trust it. I had to give up on Endnote...
  • Colin Madland
    Colin Madland commented on the blog Endnote (die die die) October 24, 2013 - 12:34pm
    Thanks for posting this Jon.  I currently use X6 and am wanting to upgrade to Mavericks...I may reconsider until I know more about options like x6 compatibility or the process of moving to Zotero.  Endnote works very nicely with Pages, I...
  • Richard Huntrods
    Richard Huntrods commented on the blog Endnote (die die die) October 24, 2013 - 11:30am
    Although I don't use endnote or other reference manager, I certainly agree with the sentiment "down with upgrade extortion". I'm living with many 'out-of' versions of software (vmware, word, ...) simply because I refuse to pay for updates that...
  • Derek Briton
    Derek Briton commented on the blog Endnote (die die die) October 24, 2013 - 11:29am
    Hi Jon: have you tried Bookends? http://www.sonnysoftware.com They've done a great job of pushing out regular updates. I own a copy, but I have to admit that I'm not a religious user of biblio software--I'm still a cutter-and-paster at heart!
  • Jon Dron
    Jon Dron published a blog post Endnote (die die die) October 24, 2013 - 11:22am
    I'm generally liking both the price and the performance of Mavericks on my relatively new-ish Mac, although there are some compatibility issues here and there, including with some of my most used software like MailTags, and although it won't work...
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    • Jon Dron
      Jon Dron October 30, 2013 - 7:40am

      Having done the export process a few times over the years, I've wound up with a lot of duplicates in Zotero thanks to multiple imports - not too tricky to delete the excess but more hassle than I need.

      I've not yet completely removed EndNote due to the need to unformat citations before they become usable in Bookends, but much looking forward to killing it permanently. The only real, if minor, irritation so far is the lack of a keyboard shortcut for inserting citations - I prefer not to use a mouse. I'm pretty sure there's a way to get around this but it will probably involve a bit of Automator hacking.

    • Colin Madland
      Colin Madland October 30, 2013 - 5:06pm

      I can't seem to get the keyboard shortcuts to work in Zotero either...

    • Jon Dron
      Jon Dron October 31, 2013 - 10:56am

      I've found this - http://veritrope.com/tech/the-basics-using-keyboard-shortcuts-with-applescripts/ - which seems promising. Not tried it yet but the option to add context-sensitive keyboard shortcuts looks like it should be an answer.

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