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• In case this helps others, I had the exact same problem of FF hanging when attaching PDFs, but after reading these posts, I realized that I had two copies of pdfinfo and pdftotext. On was in the zotero's directory within the FF's profile directory- …

  in Firefox freeze when attaching document Comment by raverdugo October 23, 2010
• After something got updated in zotero, I am now able to import the PDF along with my references exported from EndNote in BibTeX format. Thank! As mentioned above, Zotero copies the PDF to is one storage hierarchy, which for many people is the desir…

  in F and ff characters not recognized at import from Endone X1 Comment by raverdugo July 21, 2009
• That's what i did. I clicked on the bottom that says "Reset Translators and Styles..." under the Advanced tab in Preferences. Still doesn't import PDFs.

  in Organizing PDFs/Files Comment by raverdugo August 25, 2008
• "Have you updated your translators? " yes, I just tried that again and still Zotero would not import the PDFs. v.1.0.7 Mac OS X Leopard Firefox 3 (doesn't work in 2.0.* either) Why is this working for other people an not for me? I am mo…

  in Organizing PDFs/Files Comment by raverdugo August 25, 2008
• I would like to comment that the above has not been true for me. I have been trying to import PDFs into zotero with no success using the BibTeX format and Zotero v 1.0.7. My BibTeX files have a field like PDF= {/Users/rav/Documents/PDF/Wang_2006…

  in Organizing PDFs/Files Comment by raverdugo August 22, 2008
• I support this idea. It would be really useful for people migrating from other ref managers who still cannot get rid of the old one.

  in Import of Attachment Locations Comment by raverdugo August 22, 2008
• If it is not possible to use relative or absolute links instead of copying the PDF file, I will still like to do the latter. How can I get the debug output out of Zotero? Thanks again for your help. Ricardo.

  in F and ff characters not recognized at import from Endone X1 Comment by raverdugo July 29, 2008
• Zotero didn't give me any error. It imported the records just fine, but it didn't attach any PDF to them. I also check the console and there were no errors there. Is tat stored in some file within zotero? Also, I have a lot of PDF so I don't wa…

  in F and ff characters not recognized at import from Endone X1 Comment by raverdugo July 23, 2008
• Thanks very much for your quick replies. I just tried what was suggested but Zotero didn't import my PDF field. This is an example of a record exported by EndNote. It full path is included, and I know it is correct. @article{ Author = {Tsa…

  in F and ff characters not recognized at import from Endone X1 Comment by raverdugo July 23, 2008
• Great! That fixed the characters problem. By Changing the BibTEXT template in Endnote a little I was able to also import ISSN and URL. However, I still haven't been able to import PDF links. I can make endnote export the name of the file, but I don'…

  in F and ff characters not recognized at import from Endone X1 Comment by raverdugo July 22, 2008