Download PDFs directely "into" zotero

Carina

Hi all

I prefer to attach my pdfs to zotero directely so that I have stored my notes together with the files. However I find it kind of complicated that I have to download pdfs to another place on my hard drive first before I can import them to zotero. Is there any way to attach them directely to the respective zotero entry when downloading them?

Thanks in advance
Carina

adamsmith

kind of.
There are two options:
1. You can right click on the download link and select "save link as Zotero Snapshot" - which will download the pdf as an individual item into Zotero, which you can then drag to the respective Zt entry.
2. You open the pdf inside your browser with the pdf plugin (that's usually the default), then right click on the entry in Zotero and select "attach a snapshot of current page"

Rintze

http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/4020/retrieve-metadata-for-pdf/?Focus=17941#Comment_17941

sean

You also should make sure that you have "Automatically attach associated PDFs and other files when saving items" set in Zotero preferences.