Upgrade StorageMark as read/Sort after "read"/Note pagenumber/Colorize Entries/CrossRef/Spell Check
Hi!
I am new to Zotero and after working a little with it, I was missing the above stated features. I wonder how you solve this:
How do keep track of where you can get the books from?
How do you keep track of which books you have read an which not?
Why can't you add a page number to a note, identifying it's position?
Wouldn't it be great to colorize items in order to prioritize them?
I now this has been discussed, but I really would like to have the crossref feature where chapters of books are really linked to a certain book (and change things when I change things in the specific book).
A small issue: I try to use the spell checker add-on within firefox, but it doesn't really work in the editor since it blocks my "right click" which would enable me to choose the right word...
Thank you!!
I am new to Zotero and after working a little with it, I was missing the above stated features. I wonder how you solve this:
How do keep track of where you can get the books from?
How do you keep track of which books you have read an which not?
Why can't you add a page number to a note, identifying it's position?
Wouldn't it be great to colorize items in order to prioritize them?
I now this has been discussed, but I really would like to have the crossref feature where chapters of books are really linked to a certain book (and change things when I change things in the specific book).
A small issue: I try to use the spell checker add-on within firefox, but it doesn't really work in the editor since it blocks my "right click" which would enable me to choose the right word...
Thank you!!
http://www.zotero.org/support/tags
http://www.zotero.org/support/finding_and_sorting#saving_searches That's not possible. However you'd find the "related tab" useful: http://www.zotero.org/support/related That's a known "issue". The spell checker has been added recently to zotero (zotero 2.0.9)
Most of your requests have been discussed on the forum: I think that's a better idea to add your comments to the relevant thread.
The only answer really left is how I keep track of my books location. I feel a little uncomfortable tagging them with a library. ...
For now I use an extra column (eg. Call Number, and use a 1-5 pluses "+ or +++++" for read/important, and a _ for already read, so that i can sort per folder/topic what should be read next.
Making a new folder for priority and "to read" lists, is cumbersome and requires a lot of right click remove.
Tagging doesn't seem right for the job, since my tags are thematic semantic information not to-do lists. Plus its good to have each item in its folder context for oversight
For books to pick up at Libraries i have a separate folder.
Zotero is great! Very adaptive, but so requires a lot of self-made workarounds.
was just replying to @intd, since it took me a while to figure out a manageable / other peoples system for sorting in zotero folders. And a generalized presence of such an exchange seems helpful.
Also, we encourage people to search the forum to find an answer to their question. Now, if you post the same comment twice, who says the person who searches will find the one that is answered? If you think your comment is relevant in several places, write it once and post links to the other threads.