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• Since there have been no updates on this post and the feature Dan mentions is still not implemented I thought of sharing my workaround for finding "orphaned" entries: http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/7168?page=1#Item_14

  in Deleting entries from a collection,subcollection,etc. does not remove from library Comment by Luis Cardoso September 29, 2010
• I also preferred the collections working like folders, since there are tags for bridging subjects... Anyway, for the time being I look for "un-collectioned" items (orphans) with a saved search: - Right click on My Library, New saved Search - "Collec…

  in How do people organize their content? Comment by Luis Cardoso December 3, 2009
• By a "more versatile import function" I mean automatic recognition of the bibtex contents, including the line pointing to files. Maybe it shouldn't be hard coded but instead based on upgradable translators. Just for the record, Papers identifies its…

  in Import bibtex with file attachments from Mendeley Comment by Luis Cardoso July 9, 2009
• I too vote for relative paths Before I found this thread I posted a related idea here http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/6729/best-practices-zotero-folder/#Comment_34824 which I think could make the relative paths even more flexible.

  in Home-dir-relative storage of linked files. Comment by Luis Cardoso July 9, 2009
• In addition to Zotero and Mendeley I've also tried Papers (Mac). It creates a bibtex with the following structure for the pdf link: local-url = {file://localhost/home/Storage/Documents/article.pdf}, Each app has some strong and weak points wh…

  in Import bibtex with file attachments from Mendeley Comment by Luis Cardoso July 9, 2009
• JonEP: I'm aware of the linking instead of storing, what I claim is it being more flexible. I'm glad that drag and drop is being taken care of :) However I have a couple hundred pdfs manually renamed with acronyms and meaningfully reduced titles, s…

  in Best practices - Zotero Folder Comment by Luis Cardoso July 9, 2009
• I have to work on several machines (personal PC, work PC and a work Mac) with different file structures, at least from the root up to "my documents" or "home" folders. Thanks to Windows Live Sync and its predecessor I've been able to replicate my …

  in Best practices - Zotero Folder Comment by Luis Cardoso July 9, 2009
• I agree too

  in A modifier key to move items from one collection to another. Comment by Luis Cardoso July 9, 2009
• Is there any way to identify "orphaned" references, that is references that do not belong to any collection? I'd suggest an option in preferences for "My Library" displaying all the items at once (as it is now) or just the uncategorized (belong…

  in Deleting entries from a collection,subcollection,etc. does not remove from library Comment by Luis Cardoso July 9, 2009