For Import Option choose EndNote Library. Choose the EndNote library that was created from the compressed library. The other person could simply view that library or they could import from that library into their own EndNote library. To import from another library, open the destination library (one's own library) and then click the EndNote File menu + point at Import + click the File submenu. Another EndNote user can use their copy of EndNote to open the compressed library. If that will not work, to email the compressed library attach the file to an email. The Create & E-mail function probably depends on whether your computer is set up to start an email program that is configured for your email account. The compressed library window should open and you can decide to include all references, references in a group or group set, or references that are selected and also whether to include file attachments. To create a compressed library, from EndNote desktop, click the File menu + Compressed Library. If you create a compressed library, it can be emailed or distributed as a file and then opened by another EndNote user.

To allow viewing of references as they appear in an EndNote library (showing all data fields) or to allow copying of references into the other person's EndNote library, you could use a compressed library to transfer the references to the other person. These will be text copies of the references. Then paste the references in Word or email.

Then click Edit + Copy Formatted (or Ctrl + K). Another way is to click Ctrl + A to select all. One way to do that is to show the references in the main library window then click a reference to start, then shift+click the last reference to select the sequence or ctrl+click to select additional specific references.

To copy formatted references, first select some references. This will copy selected references in the citation style that is selected in Endnote desktop. The simplest means of sharing from EndNote desktop might be copying formatted references. Sharing in this section is not interactive sharing where those sharing can edit data that another could see in shared references it just describes some other ways to 'let someone else know' of references from an EndNote library or to view the references in a copy of an EndNote library or to import the references into their own library.

Sharing my endnote library