Deleting a Reference from the Library with OpenOffice Writer
The first time a citation is formatted, EndNote uses information from the unformatted citation to look in the open library and find the corresponding reference. If you later reformat, EndNote again looks in the library for that reference.
If you have deleted the corresponding reference from the EndNote library and unformatted the citations, EndNote will not be able to find the reference information for formatting.
If you add the reference to the library again, it will be assigned a different record number. You would need to reinsert the citation with OpenOffice Writer.
Record Numbers
EndNote assigns a unique record number to each reference as it is added to your library. These record numbers appear in temporary citations to ensure that the correct reference is used when the paper is formatted:
{Argus, 1991 #11}
See Components of a Temporary Citation and Record Numbers for more information on record numbers in temporary citations.
The record number for a reference is also visible in the title bar of the Reference panel.
Note that:
- EndNote automatically assigns a record number sequentially to each reference as it is added to a library.
- If the same reference appears in two different libraries, the record numbers will most likely be different.
- If the same reference appears in two synced libraries or a library shared through EndNote Sync, the record numbers will most likely be different. This is because as the references are synced to the copy of the library on the new computer, they will be assigned new record numbers.
- Record numbers are never reused or reassigned within a library. When you delete a reference, the corresponding record number is never used again in that library.
- You cannot modify or reassign record numbers.
- We recommend that you not rely on EndNote’s record numbers as a means of filing or numbering your office reprints, because you have no control over this number. Instead, enter your own unique number into the Label field, and use that number for your reprints.