Syncing PDFs with markup?

DrRZ
I'm new to to Zotero and a little confused about what is synced. Can I share references with a group and have the PDF shared. Does the actual PDF file on my computer get shared, so any markup I do to it will get disseminated across the group, and any changes made by other group members, synced back to me?

Thanks!
  • adamsmith
    Yes you can share the pdf, but only for closed groups (for copyright reasons).
    Yes, the actual pdf on your computer is shared, so if the mark-up is written to the pdf (as it is using e.g. Adobe or pdfXchange) - that does get synced.
  • DrRZ
    Thanks. That's good to know. I'm only interested in sharing reference libraries and pdfs with my collaborators, so closed groups is perfect.

    However, is there any form of conflict management if 2 people in a group both make modifications to a reference (or attached file) before syncing?

    Thanks!
  • adamsmith
    edited April 7, 2011
    yes - a conflict dialogue will come up during syncing - for data that dialogue allows merging, but for files (I believe) you'd have to pick one version.

    Edit: I should clarify that in order to share files with groups you need to use Zotero storage, which is for-pay above 100MB of stored files.
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