Process: edit a PDF with Adobe Reader (Mac), Preview.app, and - on my iPad - PDF Viewer. In each case highlight text with the highlight option. Then use Zotfile to extract the annotations. In each cas

An iPad app is under development, but for now you can use the ZotFile plugin to transfer PDFs back and forth to your tablet for annotation via a cloud storage folder.

Hello! I'm using Zotero with Zotfile to manage my linked attachments, which are stored in a folder that syncs with my OneDrive.

Please start new threads for ZotFile-related issues. Be sure to include "ZotFile" in your issue summary in the thread title.

thread and ask folks to start new threads with Zotfile-related issues?

I'm completely new to Zotero and according to the discussion forums, seems like the watch folder concept from Zotfile isn't working as intended (I was planning to save PDF's to my Google drive through

and include subcollections. 2) As I am using zotfile, and frequently importing highlighted sections, it would be nice to have a direct and easy overview on references that have notes attached without

2) As I am using zotfile, and frequently importing highlighted sections, it would be nice to have a direct and easy overview on references that have notes attached without having to click to expand an

It does not help because when I put the pdf that I want to attach to my zotfile source folder and right click the meta-data to select zotfile's [attach new file] option, it asks me whether I want to a

I use zotfile to store all my pdf's in cloud. But when I add another attachment, it automatically renames it from parent meta-data, then I just get two pdf's named the same. If I change the name of th

The Linked Attachment Base Directory doesn't control where files are saved — it only determines whether they're stored with relative paths. ZotFile can convert stored attachments to linked-file attach

@leonryrko: For examples how to set up Zotfile's user wildcards, it's best to first have a look at its default wildcards, see here. (Note that some of the examples on the Zotfile website are outdated.

I want to use Zotfile's renaming feature such that the authors' last name is in uppercase. I tried

Zotero doesn't name things "dbrear1999.pdf". By default, it names things with the author, year, and title. If you want something different, ZotFile provides a huge number of options for customizing th

https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/76425/zotfile-send-to-tablet-limits-effects The main reason to use the "Send to/Get from Tablet" functionality would be if you generally prefer to have files store

I could still use some help with how zotfile interacts with file storage. Am I doing something wrong or is there a bug? Mac OS

version => 5.0.85, platform => Win32, oscpu => Windows NT 6.1; WOW64, locale => zh-CN, appName => Zotero, appVersion => 5.0.85, extensions => Zotero LibreOffice Integration (5.0.22.SA.5.0.85, extensio

Zotfile adds "Manage Attachments" -> "Rename Attachments" to the item context menu. Without the Zotfile plugin, you only have Zotero's "Rename File from Parent Metadata" option.

Yes, Zotfile just automates the process of making regular linked attachments in Zotero

I am new to using Zotfile with Zotero, and have a question about how it works: