what is best method to move library & preserve citation links (word'06)?

adamsmith

it's going to be be quite hard to get this right moving these manually to the harddisk. Letting ZotFile reverse itself is very much the easiest solution.
You can probably do it using relative links, but I don't have the time to walk you through that.

danioore

but to get zotfile to reverse itself i have to pick specific files (manage attachments–>rename)... or do i simply select my _entire_ library (2.5k items)?

danioore

(just to be clear... i wansn't thinking i would move manually as in click-drag, but re-direct my zotero to rebuild itself in a new location on my external hard drive.)

adamsmith

I'm at this point not 100% sure how you have things set up, so I'm not absolutely certain, but with a standard setup, yes, that'd work.

danioore

sorry.. which are you responding to, A or B:
A) select all and rename
B) re-direct zotero (AND zotfile!) to 'rebuild' in new location on external harddrive

adamsmith

select all and rename. I don't think rebuilding would do anything for you.

danioore

before i select all and rename, do i delete the old pdfs that are currently in the external drive folder or will it automatically replace duplicates with the newer version? ...i don't want the old ones to be kept there when the rename moves the new ones in.

danioore

when i rename items they get moved to the external, but in standalone the pdfs (attached to items) now appear as pdf icons (as opposed to linked files)

danioore

...if i change the zotfile location from 'attach stored copy' to 'custom location' (but select the folder in the external drive)

danioore

ok...

https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/33849/creating-my-own-file-structure-for-zotero/

http://freecity.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/12/14/setting-up-a-portable-library-with-zotfile/