"But zotfile does not excess any information encoded in the pdf for renaming."

In the Advance Settings tab of the Zotfile Preferences, you can add additional file types that should be renamed.

I have an old zotero project for museums. Zotpad keeps wanting to download everything from that old museum project collection so I abandoned Zotfile until I figure out what to do with that collectio

the prefs are right, but for ZotFile to get the file back, it needs to keep its exact filename. It can't have something like "copy" added to it. Not sure exactly how PDFexpert works, but basically yo

Yes, I do see the file in the right dropbox folder, with my yellow highlights and annotations. It has an extension of "copy". Here is a link to screenshots of my zotfile preferences

back in the dropbox sync folder, and then ask zotfile to bring it back. However, the feature of extracting my annotations in a separate note does not take place. In fact, it just brought back the u

I have no other add-ons or plug-ins with Firefox. Just Zotero and Zotfile.

Once that's done, ZotFile should give you the option you want.

Ok, here is my question: when I install zotfile and set things up to go to a dropbox folder (so as to sync with my ipad where I use PdfExpert), I right click on a zotero item, but I do NOT get "send

After three days with trying to set up a system with zotero/zotfile and PDFExpert, I give up. Anyone do consulting on this? I need hands-on support to get this set up properly on my mac and ipad and

It shouldn't be necessary to create a new item. In fact, I have a hard time seeing how it should be. My suspicion at this point is that, for whatever reason, you're attaching a PDF without annotations

I'm using Zotero standalone, and Zotfile 3.1

works for me. Which Zotfile version do you have installed?

When I send a file using the "send to tablet" option w/Zotfile, it goes to my dropbox folder just fine.

Thank you. I will look into ZotFile.

I don't understand - that's what ZotFile does already.

I think with just some minor changes in Zotfile, one should be able (with some precautions) to do this with Zotfile.

Attaching text files is certainly an option, but Zotfile's default method of extracting annotations from PDFs is to attach an HTML-formatted "note."

I'm a huge fan of Zotfile. I use it to rename all of my PDFs, keep a nicely organized library stored on Dropbox, and extract all of my PDF annotations (highlights, comments, underlines using GoodRead

So a customizable journal abbreviation style (like the one I described, thus other then Medline) that can be chosen specifically for the %s wildcard in renaming pdf files with ZotFile would be more us