Importing from Reference Manager - unknown RIS Tags & How to edit RIS-Files?

gilgil

Hi;

I just tried to import a Database from Reference Manager into Zotero - unfortunately there are some RIS Tags that are unknown - some of them where ignored with an error message (like Author Address) others where imported each as a single Note.

I don´t want to have that many notes so thought about deleting all the lines with the unknown TAGs with a script using UltraEdit - unfortunately UltraEdit does not now how to handle the RIS Format and swallows all the german Umlaute...

I have 2 Questions -

* is there a way to edit or delete marked or all the Notes in an Zotero Database at once (for example deleting all Notes at once)?

* how do it get rid of all the unwanted TAGs (the whole line which starts with a defined TAG) in my import-file?

Thks!

aurimas

See the Tip at the bottom of Importing into Zotero at http://www.zotero.org/support/kb/importing_records_from_endnote#importing_into_zotero

gilgil

@aurimas - when I try

"To select and delete these notes after clicking the “_RIS import” tag, select one of the notes and press Ctrl+A. Then, right-click and choose “Delete Selected Items from Library…” "

CTRL-A allways selects all entrys of my db - not only a note... i can not even select a single note without opening it...

aurimas

What OS? Is this Zotero Standalone or Zotero for Firefox?

i can not even select a single note without opening it...

So if you click on the "_RIS import" tag, you see the notes and the parent items (the parent items should be gray). If you left-click on the note, it opens up instead of being selected?

gilgil

Ah - i had to serach for the TAG and now i know what you mean... thxs! :)