I do have zotfile in my system, which might be the issue.

via a helper function that Zotero provides. When ZotFile didn't do that for Zotero 6 annotations, it resulted in data loss, and something similar presumably happened here. I couldn't say what @plafou

If the annotations were added in the Zotero reader then they were in the Zotero sqlite database (at least on the machine where they were added), not in the PDF. And neither Zotfile nor any Zotfile-lik

Zotero did not do that — it has no functionality to do so. You did this with some plugin (either ZotFile or one of the Z7 equivalents).

Nice hint on the Zotfile plugin. I'll check it out, although my experience of running any application in a "managed environment" (such as my company network) is that installing plugins is verboten :-

If you have Zotfile installed and you add downloaded PDFs via the Zotero Connector then Zotfile will automatically add them as linked files, moving the downloaded PDF to the folder you set as Zotfile

People who do use linked PDF files generally use Zotfile to help manage them under Zotero v6 (to be replaced by similar plugins for Zotero v7, currently in beta).

I have plugins installed, like Zotfile and BetterBibTeX.

Dienstprogramm für Zotero (3.10.0, extension), ZotFile (5.1.2, extension), Zotero LibreOffice Integration (6.0.4.SA.6.0.30, extension), Zotero Word for Windows Integration (6.0.3.SA.6.0.30, extension

that file is in local Zotero storage (not in Zotfile's Custom Location). If that's what you're dealing with now, forget about the LABD setting just for now - that only concerns linked files (and only

Thanks for your reply. The LABD location is what is confusing me. I have the LABD in Zotero and the 'Location of Files' for ZotFile preferences pointing to the same location. When I click on a file an

There are workarounds can be used in Zotero 7. If you are using a cloud service to store your PDFs with Zotfile replacement Attanger plugin (this plugin is very similar to Zotfile and easy to set up),

it to a flat shared folder (network folder using zotfile addon). Zotero didn't update the location and can't find any of my files. When I look in the SQLite database there is a table itemAttachments

And you're right of course, about zotfile 'get from tablet' is something different than getting annotations out of a PDF. Could have figured that out myself.

Not it's not correct. Zotfile's "get from tablet" functionality likely won't exist (unless someone builds an add-on, which is not harder than it was with previous versions). Importing pdf annotations

As I try to replicate the functionality I once had with ZotFile, I've run into one (not all that major) roadblock for now.

Ok, but I have never used Zotfile or any plug-in at all.

Check if the file in Zotero shows annotations in any other reader (like Acrobat). If it doesn't the issue would be with ZotFile's get from tablet -- sounds like you're using that right, so hard to say

I have Zotfile installed and set to two folders on OneDrive - a tablet folder and general reference folder (explained below). How do you get the annotations from Xodo to show up in the Zotero PDF read

Would be great for any info. Seems like Zotfile is not having that option, or am I missing something?