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  • General purpose document repositories like Zenodo obviously contain a range of different document types, unlike other common sources that tend to have just one or two. I am not sure what clues Zotero can look for from Zenodo to categorize that wide …
  • Zotfile's move functionality is almost certainly making it to Zotero v7, in at least one existing new plugin. It's only Zotfile's Send-to-Tablet that is not in either of the two new plugin candidates. Of those two, one has gone private for now, and …
  • If in the Web Library, go to Trash at the bottom of the collections list there. In the middle pane, select the item you mistakenly moved to the bin. In the top taskbar there is an 'undo' icon that performs Restore to Library. If on Zotero Desktop, …
  • I have been using that feature of Zotero Style in Windows for several weeks now (one of its many features). It's surprising how much it seems to improve the user experience. Maybe I was just bored with the more bland all-white, stock Windows-convent…
  • To be clear, what is the specific problem you are seeing ? But similar answers as previously: - which versions of Zotero and Zotfile ? - how are you trying to get Zotfile to create linked files ? - does it fail to move all files ? - can you provide…
  • I don't disagree that paid local storage works very well for many people who can afford it. ;) I just think that many other people need to use the available alternatives like linked files - academics in places where the online Zotero storage cost is…
  • @connor_gray your Zotero *data* is safe and risk-free ... as long you did *not* set the Data Directory Location to Dropbox (the WSU instructions you used are not 100% clear enough to be sure that most people will avoid that). And of course if you ha…
  • I can see how those WSU library instructions might work. However their current instructions are somewhat ambiguous, unnecessarily tedious, and potentially wrong. At the top of the WSU library page you linked it correctly says "this is all about sav…
  • Suggestions that may do some of what you want .... Zutilo allows you to paste a set of tags to an item from the clipboard (currently v6 only) https://github.com/wshanks/Zutilo Something I only discovered recently is that you can Shift-Enter to get…
  • My context menu almost has to scroll because it fills the screen, with the many plugin options added. Adding more to it is not a great idea. And encouraging plugin writers to only add one main context menu item, with the actual operations in a sub-m…
  • See also 6 steps for trouble-shooting non-responsive buttons in Word for Windows: https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_troubleshooting#error_or_non-responsive_plugin_buttons
  • The Linked Attachment Base Directory setting only tells Zotero where to look for linked attachment files. It has no influence on attachments in local Zotero storage (ie under Zotero\storage), now or in the future. So if you have all your attachment …
  • The only way that Zotero itself would be adding them as linked files would be if you held down Ctrl+Shift (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Option (Mac) while drag/dropping ... https://www.zotero.org/support/attaching_files#adding_files_via_the_zotero_window
  • See here: https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/google_docs_citations_unlinked
  • You want option B here: https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/transferring_a_libraryhttps://www.zotero.org/support/kb/transferring_a_library
  • Regarding getting a list of all authors in your library, the following code run under Tools\Developer\Run Javascript will do that: var names = await Zotero.DB.columnQueryAsync("SELECT DISTINCT TRIM(lastName || ', ' || firstName) AS creator FROM crea…
  • @naouals since zotero-style already has about 37 different journal rating systems to choose from (Publication Tags), the developer seems like they are looking to be very comprehensive. So they may be willing to add SCImago. Send them a message under…
  • We're really just talking about a capital letter for formalizing clearer branding ... every time one has to explain the differences between desktop and web library, one *already* talks about the "Zotero desktop app" and the "Zotero web library". Tha…
  • I agree that Zotero's branding of its various elements is not as clear as it needs to be. An example of that is that it's not uncommon for people to come here with a problem in not being able to do something that Zotero is supposed to be able to d…
  • See: https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/files_not_syncing
  • In terms of "intuitively detect the in-text citations of my document and create a bibliography just from that", that can happen if you use unformatted citations in the form {Smith, 2009} in your document, then save the document (temporarily) in RTF …
  • The zotero-style plugin has "publication tags" for this amongst its many features, which can be shown as a column in the main pane. You can specify which ranking source(s) it displays. I use the plugin but have not used that feature. https://github.…
  • OK, it's still a little unclear how you are using Zotfile/Zotero linked PDF files. The most common way of using Zotfile is to first have the Zotero web connector do the PDF download (and item creation) from a journal article web page (where you hav…
  • Exactly how are you saving to the onedrive folder with Zotfile ?
  • Under Advanced Settings in Zotfile Preferences, do you have 'Only work with the following file types' ticked ? And if so, is the file type you are trying to move - pdf - in that comma-separated list ? I would have thought that maybe Onedrive as yo…
  • Works for me in Windows 10. Make sure you are looking in the right place to put the file. You can find the Zotero data folder by going to Edit\Preferences\Advanced\Files&Folders - Show Data Directory. You should have about 6 folders in the folde…
  • If you want to reproduce the folder structure you already have as collections in Zotero, it sounds like this plugin should do it ... https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-folder-import Some discussion by the developer here: https://forums.zotero.org/…
  • See ... http://zotero-odf-scan.github.io/zotero-odf-scan/ "Additional step: Currently, the automated installation of the Scannable Cite translator is broken. To manually install the translator, download the Scannable Cite translator (right-click on …
  • Zotero Style has a pile of neat features in addition to several dark modes in the 2.6.7 latest release, compatible with Zotero v6 (with even more in pre-release versions, some for Zotero v7 only) including: - annotations appear in the Notes tab in t…
  • When changing to linked attachment files, you actually have to ask Zotfile to *move* the attachment PDF files to your Custom Location. Use right-click Manage Attachments\Rename and Move. If you have a lot of files to move, select their items in smal…