how to change the data that the zotero shows?

e_heilbron · May 2, 2017

i allredy instal it, and sincrinized it, and i have allmost 200 pdf, so zotero makes biographys in automatic way but the citation is the name of the file wich allmost never is the thing that i need

bwiernik · May 2, 2017

It sounds like you are just referencing the PDF attachments, rather than proper Zotero reference items. You need to add parent reference items to your PDFs.

See the section on "Retrieve Metadata from PDF" here:
https://www.zotero.org/support/getting_stuff_into_your_library

Note, that downloading a PDF and retrieving metadata is almost never the best way to import in the future. In the future, you will want to use the Zotero translator button in your browser.

e_heilbron · May 10, 2017

and if the pdf dont have metadata? how can i asign manually?

adamsmith · May 10, 2017

right-click --> create parent item.

e_heilbron · May 10, 2017

tk