How to add text in PDF?

hanheihei · September 25, 2022

I have updated to the newest version, and I want to add text directly in the first page of PDF. But I found I only can add note instead of add text. Thus there is one more step to show what I note.

Do you have a plan to add the "add text" button?

adamsmith · September 25, 2022

The Zotero pdf reader doesn't actually modify the PDF, so "add text" would be an odd choice to include -- using annotations also makes more sense in how the reader integrates with Zotero. (If you much prefer an actual PDF editor, you can set Zotero to use another tool for opening PDFs in the General Tab of the preferences)

hanheihei · September 25, 2022

Thanks for your reply. Sorry about my statement. What I want is to add another annotation method rather than modifying PDF. Let me put another way, maybe show the text in note directly, instead of must click it to show that.

nbzy1995 · January 31, 2023

totally agree. With this function (also with keyboard shortcut), it can totally replace other PDF editors, for my purpose at least.

zice · June 23, 2023

I want this function too. Adding plaintext annotations on the PDF page is a basic function of many PDF readers.

dstillman · June 23, 2023

Text annotations are planned.

itsbharti · March 1, 2024

Hi @dstillman, Any update on when we expect to get this update?

dstillman · March 1, 2024

Already available in the Zotero 7 beta

https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/106716/available-for-beta-testing-updated-reader-with-epub-snapshot-support-and-new-annotation-types/p1