Duplicate (sidecar) RAW & JPG files in Organiser

Hello,
I usually store both RAW and a small JPG file for each photo I take using a Canon EOS 7D. When these are imported into Lightroom 4.4, Lightroom only shows one image, reporting that the associated JPG is a 'sidecar' image. When imported into Photoshop Elements 11 Organiser both photos are displayed i.e. every single photo is duplicated.
How do I configure Photoshop Elements 11 Organiser to only show one photo for each RAW/JPG set?
Thanks in advance,
David.

Lightroom and the Organizer have something in common : they do not contain picture files. They only store the information about where the files are physically stored. They are a list of those paths (locations). Raws and jpegs of the same shot are two different picture files. So, you can't speak about duplication from that point of view.
What Lightroom and the Organizer don't have in common is the way they deal with the 'duos' of raw and jpeg files. At the import stage, the Organizer always considers the files as distinct and imports both of them as described by 99jon. LR recognizes the fact that both files are two variants from a single shot and offers a choice of how to import : ignore the jpeg or consider ist as a kind of 'sidecar' file.
How to use the organizer so that it shows only one thumbnail once they have been imported ? That's possible if you use the visual similarity search : you can choose to automatically suggest photo stacks just after the import stage. Your files will be stacked and you'll see only one photo in the browsing space. You can collapse stacks or expand them in the browsing space. After stacking, any organizing task such as rating, keywording will be applied to both files much like in real version sets.
I don't think that you really need to shoot raw + jpeg most of the time.
It may be useful when you are getting acquainted with raw processing.
It may be to have an instant way to display the pictures on your card when you have no computer at hand. In that case, deleting the jpegs from catalog just after the import into the catalog is the quickest and simplest solution.
For viewing the raw pictures on your computer without Elements, it may be useful to have another free software able to show the thumbnails of raw files (faststone, xnview...)
Also, if shooting raw only, it's easy to export a (temporary) ad hoc jpeg version of your import batch from the Organizer to share with friends. It's best done after culling and rating and doing some quick keywording.

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