Unable to create New Sub-Collection

MonicaChenoweth
I'm currently in an online college course which requires me to have a Zotero account. We are supposed to create a specific "Collection" and also specific "Sub-Collections." I successfully created my Collection, but cannot figure out how to create the sub-collections. Every instruction I have found says to right-click the file icon or the collection itself and I should see an option to create new sub-collection. When I right click the collection, there is not an option for sub-collections. Can someone help? I must be doing something incorrectly. Thank you
  • RintzeRintze
    If you're trying to do this on the website, instead of in the desktop Zotero client, you should just click the "Create Collection" button. That will allow you to select the "Parent Collection" of the new collection.
  • MonicaChenoweth
    Thank you so much! I appreciate the help and it looks like that worked. Maybe I should try and install the desktop version. Thanks again. :)
  • adamsmith
    edited June 20, 2014
    Maybe I should try and install the desktop version.
    yes you should. The web version is quite limited.
  • MonicaChenoweth
    Okay, I have installed and updated the desktop version. Thank you for the help. If I have the desktop version on my work computer, I will have download on my home computer, as well, correct? If I do the web version, I will have info and collections at both locations? Trying to figure out which will work best for me related to this class. That's all I'm using it for, as of now. I work on school stuff at work and home. Thanks again.
  • adamsmith
    I will have download on my home computer, as well, correct?
    yes.
    If I do the web version, I will have info and collections at both locations?
    all info will sync between all your installed copies of Zotero as well as the web version, so you'd have it in both locations.
    https://www.zotero.org/support/sync

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