Upgrade StorageEditing Citation Information for File Added
I'm new to Zotero, and I seem to have an issue with getting the correct citation information for files.
If I download a file to Zotero using the Chrome plug-in, I have no information getting to the file's information in Zotero and correcting the date, authors, etc.--if needed (which, honestly, is super rare!).
However, if I have a file already on my computer or from a website from which the Zotero plug-in wouldn't download, and I move it to Zotero, I cannot click on the file in Zotero to add/change the file information to correct the title, authors, date, etc....Because of this, when using Zotero to cite this PDF in Word, it cites it incorrectly (with whatever title I gave the file and without any other information).
Does anyone know how to get around this so I can edit these files as well? I have multiple PDFs that need to be added to Zotero from my computer that I cannot find online equivalents, so this seems to be a really big issue for me. If I click the green "plus" and add a "new" item, I can move my PDF file into it as a "subitem" and edit the information, but that's only editing the "new" item and not the actual PDF file's information in Zotero.
Thanks in Advance!
If I download a file to Zotero using the Chrome plug-in, I have no information getting to the file's information in Zotero and correcting the date, authors, etc.--if needed (which, honestly, is super rare!).
However, if I have a file already on my computer or from a website from which the Zotero plug-in wouldn't download, and I move it to Zotero, I cannot click on the file in Zotero to add/change the file information to correct the title, authors, date, etc....Because of this, when using Zotero to cite this PDF in Word, it cites it incorrectly (with whatever title I gave the file and without any other information).
Does anyone know how to get around this so I can edit these files as well? I have multiple PDFs that need to be added to Zotero from my computer that I cannot find online equivalents, so this seems to be a really big issue for me. If I click the green "plus" and add a "new" item, I can move my PDF file into it as a "subitem" and edit the information, but that's only editing the "new" item and not the actual PDF file's information in Zotero.
Thanks in Advance!
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aurimasRight click the PDF in Zotero and select "Retrieve Metadata". If that fails, right-click it and select "Create Parent Item", then fill in the metadata manually