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  1. Import Annotations doesn't work for freehand markup and text notes

    by martynas_b · September 2, 2025
    Currently, importing FreeText and Ink annotations made with other viewers isn’t supported. You can only reimport them if they were originally created in Zotero Reader and exported to a PDF. This is be
  2. Change default colors for underline in PDF Reader

    by jandavid · September 1, 2025
    Is there a way to change the default colors for the underline tool in the PDF reader?
  3. Import Annotations doesn't work for freehand markup and text notes

    by jandavid · August 31, 2025
    When importing existing annotations of a PDF within the Zotero PDF viewer, only highlights, underlines, etc. are converted, whereas freehand markup or text notes (text boxes) are not.
  4. Dark Mode on iPad Inverts PDF Images (Feature Request: Text-only Inversion)

    by AdaFeng2000 · August 31, 2025
    I’m using Zotero on iPad (version 1.0.51). While I really like that the app follows the system dark mode, I’ve noticed that in dark mode the PDF reader also inverts images and figures inside my docume
  5. Cannot create child note

    by ThHuber · August 27, 2025
    I have not figured out how i can create Child notes, into which can add annotations through the "add to note" feature in the pdf reader. Even if i created notes, they do not appear. (Mac User)
  6. Bug in 8.0.beta-5 and previous: Ctrl + Scroll to zoom on PDF only works AFTER clicking zoom buttons

    by poettli · August 26, 2025
    Cannot reproduce. Ctrl+scroll directly works in the PDF reader.
  7. Bug in 8.0.beta-5 and previous: Ctrl + Scroll to zoom on PDF only works AFTER clicking zoom buttons

    by bencwills · August 22, 2025
    When viewing a PDF, I can only zoom in and out with mouse scroll wheel *after* clicking the zoom buttons in the top left of the PDF reader. Until then the ctrl+scroll input doesn't do anything.
  8. Changing PDF storage location

    by charliespring · August 21, 2025
    C:\Users\SA06CS\Zotero\storage\BF6F4675\journal.pone.0122870.PDF
  9. PDF.js viewer randomly opens

    by dstillman · August 21, 2025
    Thanks. Some PDFs apparently have embedded code meant to trigger auto-printing. (Both Acrobat Reader and Firefox will open a print dialog for that PDF, though macOS Preview ignores it.) We've changed
  10. Zotero pdf tool question - documents with side by side columns

    by martynas_b · August 20, 2025
    @jeremyvancleve Weird. I see the same behavior in Zotero, Acrobat Reader, and Preview.
  11. Changing PDF storage location

    by charliespring · August 20, 2025
    Have changed institutions so moved PDF library from old OneDrive account to new one. I need to link my Zotero library to this new location- in Advanced Settings I changed the Linked Attachment Base Di
  12. Feature Request: Position Citation Link Targets at Viewport Top instead of Center

    by RmZeta2718 · August 18, 2025
    Currently, when clicking a citation link in the built-in PDF reader, the target location appears centered in the viewport. I request that the target instead be positioned at the top of the viewport, o
  13. Annotations listed as extremely long names when using linked filed

    by AlbertoM1 · August 17, 2025
    When I create annotations on a pdf (I use adobe as zotero standard pdf reader), if the pdf
  14. Zotero storage folder duplicates pdf

    by AlbertoM1 · August 17, 2025
    But with a clarification/correction: you said that annotations are locked and not impressed in the pdf file. That is true ONLY if you use Zotero reader.
  15. Zotero storage folder duplicates pdf

    by tim820 · August 17, 2025
    When you add a PDF to Zotero from your OS (by drag and drop for example), a *copy* of that file is what is added to Zotero storage (under Zotero\storage). That's a "stored" PDF file. Any annotations i
  16. Zotero storage folder duplicates pdf

    by AlbertoM1 · August 16, 2025
    I have attached local pdf to all books in my collection and made many annotations on the pdf files using zotero with adobe acrobat reader. I al not using fulltext sync.
  17. create outline when reading pdf

    by hansoso · August 11, 2025
    +1 please I terribly need this function to create outlines in zotero PDF reader! Thanks!
  18. Zotero for Android pen annotation help

    by HamishBrookes · August 11, 2025
    Glad to hear it thanks for your work. I've been working around this by using Zoo for Zotero and Xodo. Would be a nice feature to be able to even just be able to open the pdf from the Zotero app and ma
  19. note

    by mjthoraval · August 8, 2025
    Are you talking about a Note Annotation (in the PDF Reader for example) or a Note Item in your library?
  20. Epub preview shows the current page instead of the first page

    by mjthoraval · August 7, 2025
    If I switch the scrolling position in the ebook (.epub) in the Zotero Reader, go to My Library, switch to the preview of another item and back, I see that the preview has changed position.
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