Is this normal? Highlighting between Liquid text and Zotero on Ipad and PC

v2888
So I might of tinkered around with options and not sure if I messed something up but I've tried to reinstall and install both apps.


Ok so on IPAD LT (liquidtext), any thing I annotate or highlight and look at it on PC Zotero, it all shows up and looks accordingly, but when viewed on ZOTERO-IPAD, no matter the difference highlight colors, it all shows up yellow.

Now if I was to highlight on PC-LT, nothing will show up in Zotero (no writing, highlights or annotations).



Problem #2: the file is repeatedly copied in zotero multiple times. I've only added one copy but it seems that it's making copies (I presume its from LT as I've had this problem with LT before with some documents).


Thank you for taking the time to help me.
  • dstillman
    Ok so on IPAD LT (liquidtext), any thing I annotate or highlight and look at it on PC Zotero, it all shows up and looks accordingly, but when viewed on ZOTERO-IPAD, no matter the difference highlight colors, it all shows up yellow.
    Can you send an example PDF to support@zotero.org with a link to this thread?
    Now if I was to highlight on PC-LT, nothing will show up in Zotero (no writing, highlights or annotations).
    Zotero will show (and can import) standard PDF annotations. If LT saves annotations outside the file, they won't show up in the Zotero PDF reader.
    the file is repeatedly copied in zotero multiple times
    Not sure what you mean by that. Copied where?
  • v2888
    - the file is repeatedly copied in zotero multiple times
    - - Not sure what you mean by that. Copied where?

    Within Zotero (PC).
  • dstillman
    edited September 9, 2022
    You need to say more. I don't know what "Within Zotero" means. Can you take a screenshot of what you're referring to, upload it somewhere (e.g., Dropbox or Google Drive), and provide a link here?
  • v2888
    Sorry, I'm pretty new to this.

    Within Zotero, in the Library folder. It seems like every time I've added things via the PC-Liquidtext or Ipad-Liquidtext, it would duplicate the same file. So now I have 6 of the exact same documents (since I did an additional 5 things to it since loading it into Zotero/LT)
  • dstillman
    We really need a screenshot. It's just not at all clear what you're referring to.
  • dstillman
    edited September 9, 2022
    Please post all information here, not via email. You can send files and screenshots if necessary, but all new information that's not private needs to go here.

    For duplicate files, the only way Zotero on the desktop and LiquidText on the desktop would be related would be by setting LiquidText as the default PDF reader, and all that does is have Zotero launch PDFs via that program. That wouldn't have any way of creating duplicate items in your Zotero library.

    If you're using ZotFile to transfer files between desktop Zotero and another device (if that's what the "Tablet Files" saved search is from), we have no part in that.

    If you're actually opening PDF files from LiquidText on iOS into the Zotero iOS app, that would just create a new attachment each time, and those would sync to your other devices.

    For the highlight-color issue, the PDF you sent doesn't have any annotations, so there's nothing for us to look at there.
  • v2888
    I am still not sure what to do because Zotero is making duplicates of the same document every time I add a new annotations to it (via Liquid Text).
  • dstillman
    You’d have to actually respond to what I said. I explained the ways this could or could not happen.
  • v2888
    None of the scenarios you listed is the case in this scenario.

    Liquid text is not set on Zotero or the computer as a default pdf reader.
    I do have ZOT file, but this duplication error is all done through the same PC.
    This example is not done via IOS, it's being done on PC Zotero and PC Liquid text.
  • dstillman
    Oh, LiquidText has some sort of Zotero integration of its own — that's what's shown in the video you sent. We don't have anything to do with that, so you'd have to ask them for help.
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