Note Extration Overwrite?
Every time I extract annotations from PDF, it creates a new [note] child item. This can become problematic for me because throughout the reading session, or days, I make highlights and notes consecutively.
For example, day 1, I could do 10x highlights. Extract them to Zotero. Make amendments, add in a few headers to make it tidy and more intelligible. Make Tags too.
Day 2, I make more notes. Extract. But the extraction is saved as a new child-item. It will contain my new annotations as well as the previous ones. But it won't have the changes I spent time on previously, like headers, tags.
I understand that the "tag issue" might not be such a huge deal, as it is advocated on Youtube tutorials that it is good practice to tag only parent titles. But having to do all the heading, in-note highlighting, bolds italics, etc every time I extract notes just does not seem viable.
Any tips guys?
Thanks a lot.
For example, day 1, I could do 10x highlights. Extract them to Zotero. Make amendments, add in a few headers to make it tidy and more intelligible. Make Tags too.
Day 2, I make more notes. Extract. But the extraction is saved as a new child-item. It will contain my new annotations as well as the previous ones. But it won't have the changes I spent time on previously, like headers, tags.
I understand that the "tag issue" might not be such a huge deal, as it is advocated on Youtube tutorials that it is good practice to tag only parent titles. But having to do all the heading, in-note highlighting, bolds italics, etc every time I extract notes just does not seem viable.
Any tips guys?
Thanks a lot.
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Thanks for the tips. The power of collaboration is limitless :D
For example 1st note on day 1 would contain highlights 1, 2, 3, 4. On day 2 you revise section 2 and make more notes, the following "new annotation extraction" will not be 1, 2, 3, 4, 2.1 and so on; but 1, 2, 2.1, 3, 4. It assorts the annotations chronologically with page numbers, not with time.
I mean that's great, as it will keep the note itself tidy indeed. Highlights are going to be in descending order. But it's very messy when comparing notes. This way, without very diligent and time-consuming work, I won't have a clue which ones are the new arrivals.
I'd previously thought I would just compare the new extraction to my primary (outline, graphically improved) extraction. See what's extra and then copy and add it in.
It is rather rare to read like this, I admit, but certain situations call for that. In this instance it is syllabus. I had jumped ahead to have more detail view on syllabus of the time and made annotations, now I am reading the entire book from the beginning.
Perhaps if there was a way to quickly compare the notes, that way I could identify new comers quickly.
With all due respect, but I find one-time annotation extraction very limiting. I am considering trying to have 2 separate notes for outline and annotations, that might work. Thanks bwiernik.