automatically edit and save modified PDF attachments
great project ..
I'd like to store my references and corresponding PDFs in the zotero database.
I'd also like to make annotations inside PDF files while I read them (as zotero supports for stored webpages).
Is there - or could there be - a way to open such PDF attachments with an editor (as PDF-XChange) and to save modified PDFs back to the zotero database?
It would be extremely helpfull to easily store modified PFDs and synchronise them between different computers.
regards, GR
I'd like to store my references and corresponding PDFs in the zotero database.
I'd also like to make annotations inside PDF files while I read them (as zotero supports for stored webpages).
Is there - or could there be - a way to open such PDF attachments with an editor (as PDF-XChange) and to save modified PDFs back to the zotero database?
It would be extremely helpfull to easily store modified PFDs and synchronise them between different computers.
regards, GR
You can either configure FF to open all pdfs with pdf x-change, or you can use the
launch non-native files hidden pref to change the behavior of Zotero specifically:
http://www.zotero.org/support/hidden_prefs#general_preferences
GR
(Kubuntu 9.1; Wine 1.2; PDF-XView 2.0 (42.9))
Write a shell script and make it executable (you may need to adjust the path to PDFXCview.exe depending on your language and installation):
#!/bin/bash
wine "C:\Programme\Tracker Software\PDF Viewer\PDFXCview.exe" "`winepath -w "$@"`"
Point Zotero to this script and Zotero will open and save annotated PDF attachments easily.
This solution was mentioned in LinuxNotes: http://lglinux.blogspot.com/2008/01/pdf-viewer-with-text-highlighting.html along with some other usefull comments.
GR
How to tell zotero not only to update the files in the database but also to SYNC this file.
Procedure is for instance:
1.opening a pdf attachment from zotero with pdfxhangeviewer
2.adding a note/mark/comment
3.saving the pdf
Now it is updated in the local database - but not synced to the external webdav i use.
So when i open the pdf file on a different pc the note is not seen - as the file was not updated.
Is there a way to update modified files automatically via sync??
Can you help with this?
(I have enabled the nonnative documents launch option but no change - I guess my problem is not opening it in an external viewer but saving it in a way that the changes are synced to Zotero. At the moment I have to save it in my file directory but its not linked to Zotero database.)
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/55284/
I have a similar problem. Zotero opens my files in Preview but I can't save edited files into Zotero folder. It says that the original document can't be changed. Do you have an idea how I can fix it? Thanks in advance!