Upgrade StorageZotero/zotfile setup for extracting highlighted content from PDF's
Dear zotero/zotfile users and devs,
I have a question regarding Zotfile, extracting highlighted content from PDF's with a correct reference sounds extremely good.
I followed the setup instructions for zotfile at github, but nevertheless it does not seem to work.
My current set up would be a win10 pc , adobe acrobat for PDF files , I use zotero connector for firefox to extract bibliographical information with pdf to zotero standalone (5.0.22) .
However, since I want to keep my 'firefox/download' folder clean and ordered , my zoteroconnector saves to the default location 'C:\Users\\Zotero'. I have tried to set up zotfile to the same folder , which did not work.
I also tried 'C:\Users\\Zotero\storage' but still with no results.
Moreover it remains a bit unclear to me, how exactly I should highlight the PDF's attached to my zotero references in order for zotfile to extract the highlighted fragments as 'notes'. Does this happen when I save the PDF ? Do I need to update the citation in zotero standalone ?
Personally I fear it might have something to do with the default zotero standalone storage location storing every file in a different folder.
But since I have had bad experiences in the past using the download folder as my zotero storage location, I am reluctant to set it up like this again ( I hate to have a mix of non work related PDF's with meaningless numerical names , mixed up with equally meaninglessly named work-related pdf's , additionally mixed with pictures, .exe files, etc.) , even more so since I don't see how I could "translate" my already stored library into the firefox/download folder.
So if any of you might have any advice on how I could make this work , it would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks and kind regards !
I have a question regarding Zotfile, extracting highlighted content from PDF's with a correct reference sounds extremely good.
I followed the setup instructions for zotfile at github, but nevertheless it does not seem to work.
My current set up would be a win10 pc , adobe acrobat for PDF files , I use zotero connector for firefox to extract bibliographical information with pdf to zotero standalone (5.0.22) .
However, since I want to keep my 'firefox/download' folder clean and ordered , my zoteroconnector saves to the default location 'C:\Users\\Zotero'. I have tried to set up zotfile to the same folder , which did not work.
I also tried 'C:\Users\\Zotero\storage' but still with no results.
Moreover it remains a bit unclear to me, how exactly I should highlight the PDF's attached to my zotero references in order for zotfile to extract the highlighted fragments as 'notes'. Does this happen when I save the PDF ? Do I need to update the citation in zotero standalone ?
Personally I fear it might have something to do with the default zotero standalone storage location storing every file in a different folder.
But since I have had bad experiences in the past using the download folder as my zotero storage location, I am reluctant to set it up like this again ( I hate to have a mix of non work related PDF's with meaningless numerical names , mixed up with equally meaninglessly named work-related pdf's , additionally mixed with pictures, .exe files, etc.) , even more so since I don't see how I could "translate" my already stored library into the firefox/download folder.
So if any of you might have any advice on how I could make this work , it would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks and kind regards !
You also don't need the source folder to extract annotations. The two are completely unrelated. Extracting annotations works by annotating a PDF in Zotero using a standard PDF readers (such as Adobe Acrobat, FoxIt, or PdfXchange), saving the annotated version, and then running manage attachments --> Extract annotations from Zotfile.
Have a nice day and thanks again !