Upgrade StorageThings that I have been told will slow Zotero down
I use Word for Mac. Will have large thesis when it's done with 300 pages and 1500 references.
Uni advisor suggested (but did not know for sure) that a few things might slow down Zotero when entering references - do you agree - should I avoid?
1. Having multiple (eg 200) PDFs stored within the system (including 'Add note from annotations' which I find very useful).
2. Having multiple word files (eg 400) added via attachment>file
3. Having multiple Google docs linked added via attachment>web link
Which, if any, of these might result in a system that becomes slow - and which element will they affect? I am most concerned about whether they might affect the speed of reference uploads into a doc? If so, I will adjust how I work accordingly.
Thank you
Uni advisor suggested (but did not know for sure) that a few things might slow down Zotero when entering references - do you agree - should I avoid?
1. Having multiple (eg 200) PDFs stored within the system (including 'Add note from annotations' which I find very useful).
2. Having multiple word files (eg 400) added via attachment>file
3. Having multiple Google docs linked added via attachment>web link
Which, if any, of these might result in a system that becomes slow - and which element will they affect? I am most concerned about whether they might affect the speed of reference uploads into a doc? If so, I will adjust how I work accordingly.
Thank you
The only thing that'll really affect the speed of Zotero Word integration is the length of the document and the number of references (I _think_ the latter matters more here but I keep getting that wrong) and there, frankly, a 300page/1500 references document will not bring you much joy in Word for Mac -- it should still be reasonably fast if you turn off automatic citation updating (Document Preferences), but still, the recommendation would be to write the thesis in individual chapter files and only assemble at the end.