Edit citation style in notes added from annotations
Is it possible to change how annotations are cited in automatically extracted notes? Right now, it has the following format: (title, year, page). I would like to turn this into ('author, year, page'), which was possible with the ZotFile plugin.
Also: is it possible to copy annotations from the PDF reader directly to Obsidian with clickable citations?
Also: is it possible to copy annotations from the PDF reader directly to Obsidian with clickable citations?
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/400374/#Comment_400374
Alternatively, you can force Obsidian to use the plain text each time by Shift-dragging. There might be a keyboard shortcut to force Obsidian to paste the plain text as well.
We plan to add an option to include back-links in the rich-text note export in a future version.
@erazlogo Thank you, I was not aware of this plugin. But I don't think it's possible to format annotations copied directly from the Zotero reader to Obsidian with this plugin?
But I'm not sure what you need exactly--this is probably more than you need.
Zotero Integrator also allows you to paste formatted citations and bibliographic entries directly from Zotero into Obsidian in the cite-as-you-write mode.
I actually like to copy-paste my annotations directly into Obsidian while reading a PDF (as I know once I've finished reading something I won't go through all my annotations and split them up into different research notes, despite my good intentions). So I want to customize the formatting of the citation that appears in Obsidian when I copy-paste text directly from a PDF in the Zotero reader. Instead of "[(author, year, page number](Zotero select link) [PDF](Zotero open link)", I would like to see "[[citekey]] [PDF](Zotero open link)".
There is a new way to export annotations/notes with any format of metadata, including citekey!
With the template function of this addon: https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-better-notes , you can do this easily.
- How to use it with Obsidian?
Only 4 steps:
1. Choose a template. There are some default templates and you can modify them or ask the comminity for help;
2. Create a new note in Zotero(as main note)
3. Insert items/notes with theis sub-notes or annotations to main note with your template.
4. Export the main note to Obsidian in standard markdown format(with images!)
The template documentation is here: https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-better-notes/blob/master/Template.md
Discuss everything about template here: https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-better-notes/issues/23
This zotero-better-notes provides another possible workflow to note while reading:
you can insert an annotation/sub-note to a certain main note(with a pre-built outline from your custom template), and export the main note after you finished reading on one topic!
No need to switch applications, or copy-paste between Zotero & Obsidian;
No complex configs of Zot-Ob import/export; Easy to use!
And much easier & flexible to customizable!
This addon uses a different workflow, not a copy-paste. There are two ways to collect attachment text/images to a markdown/rich text document:
- The Obsidian plugin way(just a so-called name. not related to any other plugins):
1. Highlight text/select area while reading;
2. Import annotations of items to a new note using your ‘Item template';
3. Export the note.
- The Better Notes way:
1. Create the main note with outline headings;
2. Highlight text/select area while reading. Click to create a sub-note from them/use the Zotero 'add to note' function and insert a link to a certain position in the main note;
3. Export the note with the 'Embed linked notes' checked, using your 'Quick Import' template.
Copy-paste has many limitations and we keep Zotero taking care of this part.