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• Well, that did the trick. Thanks!

  in Not able to access URL variable in CSL Comment by hmahncke June 28, 2021
• This occasional problem has plagued me for quite some time, and I am delighted to find an answer about how to fix it here. Thanks!

  in page numbers automatically added to some Word citations Comment by hmahncke December 8, 2019
• Wow - that worked completely and immediately! Thanks timp0! On the downside, now I have to write this paper instead of complaining about Word...

  in Mac Word 2016 jumps to very high processor use when using the Zotero plugin Comment by hmahncke February 4, 2016
• I can confirm this report as well. I am on a fully updated Macbook Pro. Mac Word 2016 (v15.18, also fully updated), current stand-alone Zotero (4.0.28). CPU usage from word at 70% or higher with a document with a Zotero references, goes back to norm…

  in Mac Word 2016 jumps to very high processor use when using the Zotero plugin Comment by hmahncke February 4, 2016
• I don't know about reinstalling zotero. And I haven't tried this with OCRd files - all of mine have been downloaded, not scanned. But did you delete the four pdf* files from the zotero directory; then reinstall the pdf tools from zotero; then…

  in Could not read text from pdf error - with all pdfs Comment by hmahncke September 24, 2010
• Hi zygmurti On Mac OS X, I can click on the zotero icon in firefox, which brings up the zotero window; then open preferences from the gear menu; then go to the Search pane; then install PDF indexing from there. My understanding is that this in…

  in Could not read text from pdf error - with all pdfs Comment by hmahncke September 20, 2010
• Also Dan - I just want to say thanks for your work on Zotero - I'm incredibly impressed by Zotero - it fits the way I find references perfectly, and my first experiences with the word processor integration were flawless.

  in Could not read text from pdf error - with all pdfs Comment by hmahncke August 25, 2010
• Hi Dan - our comments crossed in the ether, and I hadn't read yours yet as I was posting those last ones. The problem is resolved by re-installing as I mention above - if there's anything helpful I can do to document the problem let me know - I…

  in Could not read text from pdf error - with all pdfs Comment by hmahncke August 25, 2010
• OK, I deleted the four pdf* files from the zotero directory; then reinstalled from zotero; then cleared the index and rebuilt it. Now everything works as expected - I can add a pdf; index it; and retrieve the meta-data. Very odd - however,…

  in Could not read text from pdf error - with all pdfs Comment by hmahncke August 25, 2010
• OK, with debug logging on, I see that at startup the pdf utilities are detected: (3)(+0000003): pdftotext version 3.02 registered at /Users/henry/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/ct405b3k.default/zotero/pdftotext-MacIntel (3…

  in Could not read text from pdf error - with all pdfs Comment by hmahncke August 25, 2010
• @Tjowens - thanks for running that check on the file! On my side, the pdf is definitely not getting indexed - "Indexed: No" on the right. Clicking the reindex button doesn't cause it to be indexed; and in preferences if I clear the index and f…

  in Could not read text from pdf error - with all pdfs Comment by hmahncke August 25, 2010