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• Thanks. But it looks like the template I am using already uses UTF-8. I found this in the main file's headers: %% Encodage utilisé pour les caractères accentués dans les fichiers %% source du document. Les gabarits sont encodés en UTF-8. Inut…

  in How to correctly export accented characters in bib file? Comment by billtubbs April 5, 2022
• For anyone else that's interested in using Zotero to plan and manage a literature review, here are the tags I have set up (and coloured): Status - to read Status - reading Status - finished reading Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3

  in simple marking of items? Comment by billtubbs December 2, 2018
• Ah thanks for that. Now I realise that you can edit the colour of any tag in the tag selector pane on the bottom-left but not in the tags list that appears for each document in the right-hand pane.

  in simple marking of items? Comment by billtubbs December 2, 2018
• Actually, now I remember. I used this install guide: https://catherinepope.com/how-to-make-zotero-even-better-with-zotfile/

  in Getting started with extracting highlighted text from pdfs Comment by billtubbs November 20, 2018
• Yes it's a third-party feature which you have to download and install. It works great. I use it all the time. Can't understand why it's not a main feature of Zotfile. And yes, it works with highlights made in Preview or Adobe Acrobat.

  in Getting started with extracting highlighted text from pdfs Comment by billtubbs November 20, 2018
• I figured it out thanks to this guide: https://catherinepope.com/how-to-make-zotero-even-better-with-zotfile/

  in Link to specific text in documents Comment by billtubbs October 16, 2018
• Thanks @bwiernik . Zotfile sounds like the solution. I installed the add-on and now trying to figure out how to start using it. Can't seem to find any instructions or tutorials... I posted [here](https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/74132/getting…

  in Link to specific text in documents Comment by billtubbs October 16, 2018
• Maybe that doesn't exist in the Mac OS X version. If I right-click on a tag the only option I get is 'Remove all tags'.

  in simple marking of items? Comment by billtubbs October 12, 2018
• I don't know if this is a good idea but I decided to 'commandeer' the 'Extra' field and add it to the view as a column. Now I put 1, 2, or 3 in 'Extra' to indicate the reading priority.

  in simple marking of items? Comment by billtubbs October 12, 2018
• Astonishing with all this functionality that you can't flag references like people are suggesting here. 'Priority' '1-5 stars' 'Good/Bad' etc. And no, tags are not the right thing for this. You can't tag something with subject-specific tags like …

  in simple marking of items? Comment by billtubbs October 12, 2018
• I'm looking for a document / reference management system and considering Zotera. After reading this discussion, am I right in concluding that Zotero does not leave files in place (in my computer's existing file system structure). Rather it moves o…

  in Potential for better integration with operating system file management? Comment by billtubbs September 27, 2018