Upgrade StorageRetrieve PDF metadata stop working after ubuntu 12.04 upgrade
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and Zotero. After a routine update/ugrade without error messages, the menu item "retrieve PDF metadata is missing". I already checked Preferences->Search and pdftotext and pdfinfo version 3.02pl1 are installed. What am I missing?
I attempt both: firefox plugin and standalone, same behavior.
I started this discussion at https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/21096, receiving the following from adamsmith:
Are you sure you're looking in the right context menu? Remember that you only get that option for top-level PDFs, not for PDFs attached to items.
edit: sorry, I thought you were the original poster. Please start a new thread if you have any follow up questions.
I answered:
Really? I am not sure. I recall I did that many times when I was collecting PDFs, but I do not recall how I was doing that. All I know is that from PDFs stored in my HD I was able to extract journal name, issue, pages and authors for further searching. Now I started a new study, so I started collecting PDFs again. How can I add a "top-level PDF" to see if Zotero's behavior/menu appear differently? Thanks.
Thus, as suggested, I am starting this independent thread looking forward for some suggestions. Is anyone having a similar problem or am I doing something wrong here?
I attempt both: firefox plugin and standalone, same behavior.
I started this discussion at https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/21096, receiving the following from adamsmith:
Are you sure you're looking in the right context menu? Remember that you only get that option for top-level PDFs, not for PDFs attached to items.
edit: sorry, I thought you were the original poster. Please start a new thread if you have any follow up questions.
I answered:
Really? I am not sure. I recall I did that many times when I was collecting PDFs, but I do not recall how I was doing that. All I know is that from PDFs stored in my HD I was able to extract journal name, issue, pages and authors for further searching. Now I started a new study, so I started collecting PDFs again. How can I add a "top-level PDF" to see if Zotero's behavior/menu appear differently? Thanks.
Thus, as suggested, I am starting this independent thread looking forward for some suggestions. Is anyone having a similar problem or am I doing something wrong here?
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adamsmithClick on the green plus sign and select "Store Copy of File" - select a PDF from your HD that you want to import. You'll now have a top level PDF. If you right-click it, do you get the "retrieve metadata" option? If not, what options do you get?
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pspsilveiraedited October 18, 2013adamsmith, it seems you are completely right. It worked in my notebook and, as soon as I am close to my desktop, I will try it again. Thanks for the lesson.
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adamsmithGreat. Now that you know how this is supposed to look like, you can also just drag PDFs into Zotero from your Desktop or any Nautilus window and, when a PDF is already attached to an item and you don't want it to be, you can drag it away from that item to create a top level PDF (that last one is a bit awkward, but it definitely works.
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