I need a way to copy the names of PDF file attachments. I've looked through menus and Zotfile and Zutilo preferences but can't seem to find a command that would let me do that. Even clicking on an att

It would be very helpful (and save a lot of time) if Zotfile could split the extracted annotations into separate notes on finding a specific string in a note.

Thank you for these links, very useful! I made the silly mistake of not adjusting any of the ZotFile preferences for folder my locations... I had forgotten all the stuff I had set up years ago!

It might be useful to check your ZotFile preferences in the Config Editor by entering extensions.zotfile.* in the search bar. For troubleshooting related ZotFile issues, see also here.

I recently set up Zotero (5.0.91) on my new MacBook and I am now having difficulty using Zotfile (5.0.16): when I add an article via the Zotero Chrome extension, on my new Macbook the file gets saved

If you want to use OneDrive for your files, you would need to use linked files rather than stored files. The ZotFile plugin can help with a linked-file workflow. You won't be able to access the files

The feature request would most simply be to remove the period after "et al" like zotfile does by default, people can add it themselves in advanced config.

Second that - Zotfile is what you are looking for. Zotfile allows you to use most external PDF editors.

In the meantime, can I suggest that if you are interested mostly in reading papers, then the very handy Zotfile plugin is great: http://zotfile.com/

Any way to fix this? Zotfile renames files correctly without the period, but it's broken and always moves linked files to C:/user etc and doesn't work automatically.

"Attach Link to File") or by configuring the ZotFile plugin to create linked files. If you don't want linked files, don't add them that way, and everything will just be stored in your Zotero data dir

PDFs in Zotero database cannot be highlighted and have their content extract by ZotFile (http://zotfile.com). There is the need to run OCR first.

I'm not sure why not. The answer is that Zotfile should do it the way you set it up and to experiment with smaller groups of files. (and, if you want to, follow up with the ZotFile developer and/or on

If you are wants to extract annotations for searching in Zotero, check out the Zotfile plugin.

* integrating the Zotero notes with extracted annotations created with Zotfile with a reading list/page in Notion. A bit like readwise integration with notion. This way I could make a list of papers i

Can Zotfile do this?

As explained there, ZotFile can help sync the files with a cloud storage service such as Dropbox so that you can annotate on your iPad, and then it can extract annotations from the files into Zotero n

Yes, the ZotFile plugin can help you do that.

Papership app for ios is a workable solution for adding and annotating journal pdf zotero items on the ipad and iphone. There is an import to papership option from all browsers in the share sheet. Dur

Setting up ZotFile doesn't change your existing stored-file attachments. ZotFile can convert stored-file attachments to linked-file attachments, but you wouldn't want to do that if you already have th