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Unfortunately this forum is mostly problem-based. Peoples' opinions on the best practices that work for them don't get enough discussion. If I were to describe my rules of thumb they would be maximize tags and minimize sub-collections. And make ful…
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There are some current means to extract a cited reference list from a single published PDF, but they are not perfect and require some manual checking work. Especially for the use case you describe, which requires extracting cited references from all…
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Since linked PDFs are (most commonly) all stored in the same folder, they must have distinct names. So Zotfile (AFAIK) adds the '2' suffix if there is already a file of the same name in that folder (or higher numbered suffixes if there are more than…
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Is your data on the two computers under different (online) Zotero account names ?
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That's a very poorly worded instruction from the publisher. If taken literally it would be turning away most of their potential authors for scholarly works. They should just say to submit a 'flattened' final document, or words to that effect. Most p…
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@pivik people who need easier access to their PDFs outside Zotero often look at linked attachments. Often with management aided via Zotfile. Linked files also have limitations though (see link below). And complex named sub-folder arrangements in you…
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That's not a Zutilo option I've used before, but I just tried it a few times and it works for me (same Zotero/Zutilo versions, W10); albeit it's sometimes a little slower for some reason. You would need to notify the developer: https://github.com/…
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It's not the most 'bullet-proof' setup but I have seen such setups work well. If you need to move large file collections between different PCs it's a reasonable way of doing it. It's the way people often moved their work between work desktop PCs and…
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Linked files don't work in Groups. https://www.zotero.org/support/attaching_files#linked_files
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https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/more-than-20-authors "For a work with up to 20 authors, include all of the names in the reference. When the work has 21 or more authors, include only the first 19 names, an ellipsis, and the final name (see this guideli…
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Re Explorer ... yes, whatever file/folder viewer you have on your OS. The purpose of that test was to copy the full path (from Zutilo) where Zotero *thinks* a linked file is located, and then try to open the file at that path outside Zotero ... whi…
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When you select one of the problematic linked PDFs and use Zutilo right-click to 'Copy attachment paths', and paste that path into the Explorer address bar, does it then find/open that PDF in an external PDF reader ?
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If you can anticipate which linked PDF files you want to use on your Android tablet, you could create a collection called "_Mobile Files"; and then in Zotero desktop, drag items/files you want to use that way into that collection (they will of cours…
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You have a LABD set on at least one computer right ? Do you have it set on both ? And these are all parent items with PDF attachments right ? Not just PDFs without a parent item ?
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See: https://rintze.zelle.me/ref-extractor/ https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/importing_formatted_bibliographies
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When you try to open a linked PDF and Zotero can't find it with the information it has, the error message should tell you where it *thinks* the linked PDF should be. That's often the clue to what's not quite right with a linked file setup: either w…
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You can just save the PDF to, or drag it to, your Zotfile 'Source Folder for Attaching New Files', and then right-click Attach New File (a Zotfile function, so it moves/renames the file). That's what I use for random PDFs (but you need to have an it…
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Is the PDF's *move* to your Zotfile Custom Location folder as a linked file working automatically on downloads via the Zotero web connector, with just the renaming failing ? Zotfile renaming normally occurs automatically when PDFs are downloaded vi…
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The Linked Attachment Base Directory tells Zotero where to *look* for LINKED attachment files (that is, those not in local Zotero storage under Zotero\storage) when you try to open them ... when their parent folder location is different on different…
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Zutilo is here: https://github.com/wshanks/Zutilo
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They will be in the Unfiled 'collection' at the bottom of the collection list. So "never find them again" seems unlikely. ;) There are a number of ways that would find what you want ... If you select the tags tab for the top item under Unfiled, you…
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Endnote and Zotero store citations within word processor files in different ways (Endnote has attempted to sue people who try to make them compatible). If it were Mendeley the process would be a little easier (there is a tool for that). If you alre…
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Tags from your library (with counts) as described here: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/415059/#Comment_415059 Or just from the currently selected items as described here (from same thread): https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment…
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Steps to follow: https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/changes_not_syncing See step 6 if all else fails.
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Zotero does not currently do that. For MS Word there is a user-written VBA macro that does ... https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/460379/#Comment_460379
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The Zoplicate plugin flags a duplicate as it is being added to Zotero, giving you the option to keep just the original version, the new one, or both. https://chenglongma.com/zoplicate/
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Unfortunately a few things seem to have broken in that transfer from twitter.com to x.com. But it was just a user posting instructions on twitter/x for using ChatGPT in that way. It's not actually a utility for that specific purpose. Someone submit…
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As suggested by @kimarq , here's an example of the steps in doing that with ChatGPT ... https://x.com/MushtaqBilalPhD/status/1753785908266963066 For doing that on a more regular basis from the reference lists of PDFs you *already* have in Zotero, y…
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Of the possible reasons stated in that latest error message (presumably from Zotfile), you seem to have excluded most*. The 'avoided filetype' refers to the Zotfile Advanced Preference: 'Only work with the following file types'. If you have that set…
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The best method to get both accurate metadata and the PDF is to use the Zotero Web Connector on the article's web page (without clicking to open/download the PDF yourself). If any of the metadata shown in the resulting parent item's fields is incomp…