NOTE: If you have set a default library to open automatically, that 

library will open instead of the dialog shown above. If this happens, 

close the library, choose Open from the File menu, and continue with 

step 3.

2. Select Open an existing EndNote library. 

3. To open the library, do one of these:

Select Paleo.enl in the drop down list, and click OK.

If Paleo.enl does not appear in the drop down list, click 

Browse to locate it. A file dialog will appear, prompting you to 

locate and open a reference library.

Macintosh: Select the Examples folder that was installed in the 

EndNote 8 Demo folder and click Open. Then, select the Paleo.enl 

and click Open.

Windows:  Use the  Look in:  list to find the EndNote 8 folder. By 

default, this will be on the C drive in the Program Files folder. To 

get there, click the  Look in:  list, choose the  C:  drive and click 

Open; select Program Files and click Open; and then select and 

open the EndNote 8 folder.

Select the Examples folder and click Open. You should now see the 

file  Paleo.enl,  the example EndNote library. Select Paleo.enl and 

click Open

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