For our Concord Desktop customers to migrate their data to new Concord
What are you looking to do? (click on one of the options)
Migrate Notebooks from Concord Online (v2.1) - click here
Import Notebooks via Copy/Paste from Concord Online (v2.1) to new ConcordMigrate Notebooks from Concord Desktop
Convert Legacy Notebook data from Concord Desktop to new Concord (instructions below)Migrate Annotations - click here
Convert/Export Annotations from Concord Desktop or
Concord Online (v2.1)Backup Notebooks from Concord Online (v2.1) - click here
Export Notebook data to your computer
Migrate Notebooks from Concord Desktop
Step 1. Locate Concord Documents folder on your computer
On Mac...
- Go to Finder → Documents
- Within the Documents folder, there should be a folder called "Concord Documents"
- Inside that folder, you will find files ending in .html – you'll need to access these Notebook files in Step 2
On PC...
- Go to Windows Explorer → Documents
- Within Documents folder, there should be a folder called "Concord Documents"
- Inside that folder, you will find files ending in .html – you'll need to access these Notebook files in Step 2
Figure 1.1
Step 2. Import Notebook files into new Concord
- Login to new Concord at concord.christianscience.com (blue login button at the top)
- Go to the Lists panel on the right (if it’s not open, click the Green Lists icon in the upper right-hand corner to open it)
- Click on the List Menu tab (the icon with the 3 dots and lines)
- Go to the bottom of the List Menu panel, and click on “View Legacy Notebooks”
- A new menu pops-up; click on the “Upload” icon in the upper right-hand corner of the menu
- Navigate to the Concord Documents (noted in Step 1) folder where you saved your Notebook file (ends in .html)
- Click on the file name and click “Open”
- Go to the 3-horizontal line List Menu in the upper right-hand corner
- Click “Convert to List”
- In the “Import Citations” box, any citations that are red will not be imported unless you:
- Check the box on the right of that Text row or to change all of them, click “Add as Free Text” box in the top green bar
OR - Link the text passages to a specific citations by clicking on the link icon
(Note: text links to a citation above it)
- Check the box on the right of that Text row or to change all of them, click “Add as Free Text” box in the top green bar
- Click “Save”
- Your Notebook is now saved as a list. You can go to the Legacy (Read Only) tab, click on the 3-horizontal line List Menu again, and choose Delete Notebook. This does not delete the file from your computer, only from the Legacy Notebook list within new Concord
- Repeat Steps 3 - 12 to import the next Notebook