I want this because I am using ZotFile to place my PDFs in a specific folder in Dropbox. This is on Windows computer and I often use the Windows search function to search for keywords across many file

extensions => DOI Manager (1.4.2, extension), ZotFile (5.1.1, extension), Sci-Hub Plugin for Zotero (1.4.4, extension), Jasminum (0.1.8, extension), Zotero Tag (0.2.7, extension), Zotero IF (1.4.4

Just made some really quick and dirty modification (the path to my pdf viewer is hard coded!) on Zotfile to add a context menu item for opening pdfs file using system default pdf viewer: https://githu

I've been using zotero and zotfile with a onedrive folder. Files have been added to zotero via journal pages from Firefox and then from the zotero storage folder to my chosen onedrive folder via right

hi! looking for help on zotfile. basically, i would like to use an alternate subfolder structure for book sections - one that includes the publication (i.e. the book's title). so path would be ~Type/Y

What worked for me is to press "Update MOdification time" under "Modify attachements" before I pressed "Get from Tablet". This option is not available if you right-click an item on zotero subcollectio

I am aware of solutions like linked files and zotfile, but even after some hours of research, i dont seem to really understand how do they work, nor there are any authoritative guides I can find that

Is there an easier way to do this? With Zotfile I used to be able to just copy the annotation text and paste it into Word.

https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/98002/zotfile-zotero-version-annotations-is-crippled

Yes, I am just copying from the note editor. That is what used to work with Zotfile.

ZotFile is no longer maintained, and its annotation functionality was redundant, so it was removed. Zotero's annotation functionality is much more powerful and flexible than ZotFile's was (integrated

Since Zotero version 6 now extracts annotations from pdfs, this feature of Zotfile doesn't work for the new Zotero. But the Zotero version is crippled - while it allows you to click on the annotion to

The problem isn't that Zotero doesn't recommend it (nothing wrong with it) -- it's just that ZotFile isn't able to recognize the automated retrieve metadata when you save a PDF to Zotero, so it's auto

On the issue with firefox connector import interacting weirdly with zotfile mentioned by those above, I still seem to be having a similar issue with the automated filing of the pdf (in 2022). The manu

Just like Zotfile: plugins first realize some features and after a long time that these are proved useful, Zotero will do them.

But when I insert the annotation note into a word document (by using the Zotero plugin command "Add Note", or by copying and pasting), then I cannot link from the note back to the pdf. When Zotfile wo

with PDF annotations, I may have to activate Zotfile. We'll see.

I have these addons install: Better bibtex, Zotfile, Zotero LibreOffice integration, Zotero Word for Mac integration. But the issue still happens after disabling all addons.

Since Zotfile seem to be unable to just rename by keeping the linked files in their original directories as Zotero does, would it be possible to edit ZotFile properties or script to leave untouched th

Do you use Zotfile? If so, with what settings? If not, it looks like you linked the above file, - was that on purpose?