Upgrade StorageCreating a library item from a local PDF
Hi everyone,
I'm still learning my way around Zotero, and I think some of the operations I do most often can be done much faster.
For example, if I have the PDF of an article on my hard-drive, what is the fastest way of creating a library item based on it, i.e. an item that has the PDF as an attachment, and that takes all of its metadata (author, title, etc) from the PDF file itself?
I only know how to do this manually, i.e. I go to New Item|Journal Article, and fill in all the fields, then drag&drop the PDF next to the created item. I'm sure this can be done much easier though, as I describe above. Can anyone help? Many thanks in advance!
I'm still learning my way around Zotero, and I think some of the operations I do most often can be done much faster.
For example, if I have the PDF of an article on my hard-drive, what is the fastest way of creating a library item based on it, i.e. an item that has the PDF as an attachment, and that takes all of its metadata (author, title, etc) from the PDF file itself?
I only know how to do this manually, i.e. I go to New Item|Journal Article, and fill in all the fields, then drag&drop the PDF next to the created item. I'm sure this can be done much easier though, as I describe above. Can anyone help? Many thanks in advance!
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If Zotero cannot tell what the article is, finding the article in an online database that is supported by Zotero may still be faster than creating a new item manually.