Manually adding metadata to entry
I recently donwloaded Zotero for macOS, and dragged a bunch of pdfs for indexing purposes. A largish number of those documents were not filed, and I'm looking for a way of fixing this.
So far, I can look up the ISBN of the document, add it via the magic wand, and then delete the original unfiled item, but doing this for every item will take a long time.
Is there a faster way of doing this? Perhaps something that doesn't need to create a new item and can just modify the already existing one?
Thanks!
So far, I can look up the ISBN of the document, add it via the magic wand, and then delete the original unfiled item, but doing this for every item will take a long time.
Is there a faster way of doing this? Perhaps something that doesn't need to create a new item and can just modify the already existing one?
Thanks!
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The only difference metadata updating would bring is that you could right-click on the PDF, choose Create Parent Item, paste in an identifier, and choose to update metadata, but wouldn't be all that much quicker or simpler than just saving a regular item and dragging the existing PDF on top of it. (If it's a big list, it might help to drag batches of standalone attachments into a temporary collection so everything remains in view while you work on them.)
Thanks!