Upgrade StorageIssue: Cannot find numbers in ctrl/cmd+F search (Numbers displayed correctly, but not their code)
Hello,
for some reason I cannot find numbers in some of my pdf-documents when I search for them. However, this only happens in Zotero. It is not the case for the same document in another viewer.
So for example when I look for the number "2025" nothing shows up, even when it is clearly visible in the text. Seems to be an underlying code problem in the pdf/text that for some reason shows up in Zotero.
And when I copy the number »2025« from a document in pdf, it shows as »"$"%« when I paste it.
Or when I copy »Article 1, 5, 28, 29« it shows as »Article !, %, "*, "&« when I paste it.
Essentially this means when I want to search for the year 2025 in the document I have to search for this cryptic code "$"%.
Why would this happen?
Is there a solution to this?
for some reason I cannot find numbers in some of my pdf-documents when I search for them. However, this only happens in Zotero. It is not the case for the same document in another viewer.
So for example when I look for the number "2025" nothing shows up, even when it is clearly visible in the text. Seems to be an underlying code problem in the pdf/text that for some reason shows up in Zotero.
And when I copy the number »2025« from a document in pdf, it shows as »"$"%« when I paste it.
Or when I copy »Article 1, 5, 28, 29« it shows as »Article !, %, "*, "&« when I paste it.
Essentially this means when I want to search for the year 2025 in the document I have to search for this cryptic code "$"%.
Why would this happen?
Is there a solution to this?
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u16660026/b33gn78h14bxq6hu8lwl.png
My solution was to OCR it.. So basically treat as if it would be just a scan. Still, that should not be necessary.
Any other way to solve this problem?
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/487800/#Comment_487800
Do you see the same problem when you open the PDF file in Firefox?
In that case, you will need to repair the OCR in the PDF indeed.
But as the other discussion said, not in Preview (that pdf programm for Mac).
So basically I will continued what I did anyways: OCR.
Interestingly that text/code problem is only for parts of the book that i separated in extra-pdfs. That pdf of the whole book is readable in Zotero.
All the best, and thanks again!