Timothy C. Hain, MD

Professor of Neurology, Otolaryngology, and Physical Therapy/Human Movement Science, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago IL, USA.

EMAIL ADDRESS: t-hain@northwestern.edu

This space holds helpful information about software and hardware and vendors that Dr. Hain has discovered by trial and error. Perhaps if enough of us do this, searches on these devices or companies will bring up more relevant information.

Endnote-8 --

Endnote-8 is a bibliography creating program. Earlier versions of Endnote (5 through 7 in particular) are very helpful in creating papers. Unfortunately Endnote-8 is unstable when one inserts more than about 10 references, and the Endnote support team has not been able to fix it so that it is reliable. Also, Endnote-8 libraries are not compatable with earlier versions of Endnote, so you will be unable to collaborate with anyone once you upgrade to the new "improved" version.

I have several suggestions:

1. Do not upgrade to Endnote-8 until the bugs are fixed (it was broken as of 8/27/04). There seems little reason to every "upgrade" as Endnote 7 works fine, and it appears that later versions are broken.

2. If you have already upgraded to Endnote-8, drop back to an earlier version. This is possible by using the "endnote-export" output style, and exporting your library (as a text file), and then importing it again with an earlier version of Endnote.

3. Email the makers of Endnote and urge them to fix Endnote-8. Their web site is at http://thomsonisiresearchsoft.com/

4. Keep your receipts and get your money back.

Endnote-10.

This one seems to work -- somewhat anyway. It doesn't install cleanly, and it converts libraries, but it doesn't crash routinely.