Concord users who previously utilized Concord Desktop can migrate their Desktop data into the current version of Concord by following this guide.

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Migrate Notebooks from Concord Desktop

Step 1. Locate Concord Documents folder on your computer

Determine where the Concord Legacy Notebooks are stored on your computer. These will be accessed in a later step to upload them.

On Mac...

1. Go to Finder → Documents.

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2. Within the Documents folder, there should be a folder called "Concord Documents".
   
   

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3. Inside that folder, you will find files ending in .html – you'll need to access these Notebook files in Step 2.

On PC...

1. Open Windows File Explorer, and navigate to the Documents folder.

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2. Within the Documents folder, there should be a folder called "Concord Documents".

3. Inside that folder, you will find files ending in .html – you'll need to access these Notebook files in Step 2.

Step 2. Import Notebook files into the current version of Concord

1. Log in to the current version of Concord at https://login.concord.christianscience.com/concord/login.

2. 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).

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3. Click on the List Manager tab (the icon with the 3 dots and lines).

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4. Go to the bottom of the List Menu panel, and click on “Legacy Notebooks”.

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5. A new menu will pop up. Click on the three-horizontal-lines icon in the upper right-hand corner of the menu.

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6. In the next menu, click “Upload Legacy Notebook”.

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7. Now, an upload window opens.

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   1. If you have the Notebook file open in your file manager already, you can drag and drop it into the window.

8. Otherwise, click on the window and navigate through your files to find the Notebook file (ends in .html) in your Concord Documents folder, as described in Step 1.

9. Click on the file name and click “Open”. The file name will appear in the window with a green check mark, indicating that it has been uploaded.

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   1. If you have more than one Notebook to upload, you can add multiple at once here. Add them all in this window, and they will all be listed at the bottom and uploaded together.

10. Close the file upload window.

Step 3. Convert Concord Desktop Notebooks into current Concord Lists

1. In the bottom of the List Panel, click on a Notebook that you just uploaded and want to convert. This Notebook will open in a new List tab.

2. In this new tab, click on the three-horizontal-lines icon in the upper right-hand corner of the menu.

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3. In this menu, click “Convert to List”.

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4. The “Import Citations” box will open, listing all citations and text from the Notebook.

   1. If you have text notes, they will each automatically be grouped under the previous citation.

   2. If you want to separate the text notes from the citation, click the interlocked loops icon. The text notes will then be separate and turn red.

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5. Any citations that are red will not be imported unless you either:

   1. Check the box on the right of that text entry’s row.

      1. To change all of them to free text at once, click the “Add as Free Text” box in the top green bar.

      2. Once this has been done, the text entries will change from red to gray, and there will be a gray message icon to the left, indicating that it is a text entry.

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   2. Link the text passages to a specific citation by clicking on the link icon. The text will then link to the citation above it. Multiple text lines can be linked to the same citation.

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6. Other modifications:

   1. If you’d like, you can also change your new list’s title in this menu by clicking the pencil icon next to the list’s name. You can remove the “.html” label or change the name entirely.

   2. You can adjust any of the entries (citations or text) by clicking the pencil icon in that entry’s row. This button will open a text box where you can adjust the text or change the citation boundaries as desired.

7. Once you are happy with your list and all your entries are ready to import (not red), click “Import Now”.
   
   

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8. Your Notebook is now saved as a list. You can open it through the List Manager tab, as you would any other list. Now, you can add, remove, edit, or move citations as needed.

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9. Repeat these steps as needed until all desired legacy notebooks have been converted into current Concord lists.

Deleting an uploaded Notebook file

Now that you’ve converted the Notebook to a list, you can delete the uploaded Notebook file if you’d like.

1. How to find it: navigate through the List Manager tab, then the Legacy Notebooks tab at the bottom, as shown previously.

2. Check the box next to the Notebook’s name. You can delete multiple Notebook files at once by checking multiple Notebooks' boxes.

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3. Click on the three-horizontal-line menu icon, and choose “Delete Selected” from the following menu. This does not delete the newly converted list file or the file from your computer - it only deletes the uploaded Notebook from the Legacy Notebook list within Concord.

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4. A confirmation message will appear - click “Yes” to delete the Notebook.

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5. A note will appear, showing that the Notebook has been deleted. Click “OK”.

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