problem indexing PDF
Hello,
I got a new computer and after I installed zotero I imported my library from the old computer. Since then I have problem with indexing PDF files...
I would be grateful to get some help...
thanks in advance,
Noya
I got a new computer and after I installed zotero I imported my library from the old computer. Since then I have problem with indexing PDF files...
I would be grateful to get some help...
thanks in advance,
Noya
I tried to drag a file to Zotero and it is only in this way that it manages to index.
To add the metadata to a linked file, right click on the item and choose Retrieve Metadata for PDF. You can also drag the file into Zotero while holding down Shift to add a linked file and have it retrieve metadata automatically.
Note that this isn’t the best way to add items to Zotero. The best way is to use the Save to Zotero button from your web browser on the publisher web page. See https://Zotero.org/support/adding_items_to_zotero for details.
Can you provide a Debug ID for a Retrieve Metadata for PDF attempt that fails?
And the Debug ID that apeared when I click on the item and choose "Retrieve Metadata for PDF" is D491084879.
Does it work for files outside of OneDrive?
It's working for files outside of OneDrive (Downloads for example) but in my computer almost all the folders are syncing automatically to OneDrive.
Can you just try a file in the OneDrive root?
my windows display language is English (united states).
In my old computer the Zotero worked perfectly and I had the same folders and settings.
If you didn't see my edited message above, you should try in the OneDrive root itself — not a subfolder.
Does it mean I need to change all the folders' name to English? In my old computer I had exactly the same folders so I wonder why now it doesn't work.
Some people have had trouble indexing files on paths with extended characters on Windows, but I don't recall whether that's a universal problem. We're working on replacing the PDF text-scanning process in a way that should avoid this problem.
In the meantime, I wouldn't try to rename anything. You can just create a folder without extended characters in the OneDrive root and use that for your PDFs. You can move your existing PDFs there without breaking them by setting the linked attachment base directory to the current location (which should convert all the existing attachments to relative paths), moving the files, and updating the base directory to point to the new location. If you do that right, Zotero will still be able to find the files in the new location.