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Questions tagged [zotero]

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How to restart launchd OS X without rebooting?

When I run Zotero/Firefox, they often crash and I am left with zombie processes; after this I cannot open new instances of Zotero or Firefox. I want to get rid of these zombie processes rather than rebooting, so for of the zombie process, $ ps…
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How to use Zotero+Zotfile to rename all pdf files in a directory?

I cannot seem to find any documentation on this but I want Zotfile to rename all of my pdfs that I save in a particular directory in the way that the Mendeley Desktop manager does. Currently I have to rename them by clicking on each file reference…
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Zotero: adding lookup engine

I just deleted the Pubget Article Lookup engine from Zotero by accident. How can I add it back? I visited the http://puget.com website but the "add" button does not appear in my Locate menu as suggested in the instructions.
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Is Zotero's Firefox installation computer specific?

I use Zotero (3.0.3) in my Firefox browser (8.0). I have built a large inventory of literature over a one year period which is quite valuable to me. That inventory is synced with Zotero's online server, but the inventory saved with their server on…
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Zotero in chrome

I have migrated from Firefox to Chrome and i am unable to download the citation entries directly to zotero using chrome. How to make it work, as firefox does.
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Change data directory location with zotero standalone

I have the excellent Zotero standalone installed and pointing to a directory. I need to move the directory (to free up space) to a different hard drive. I can't seem to find any instructions for this and I'm a bit worried about messing up all the…
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zotero not working with libreoffice 4.3 in linux mint 16

As title, I tried to use zotero in libreoffice, after I installed zotero, I found from zotero's preference that the add-in was not installed, I click the button to install but nothing happen. I googled a while but still cannot find way to solve…
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managing pdf archive using Mendeley or Zotero or something else

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I am trying sync my pdf archive (of manuscripts) between several computers (OS X, Linux, and Windows). I am currently using the Mendeley Desktop software on OS X (with pdf archive in my user…
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Zotero-compatible electronics datasheet archive?

I am thinking about using Zotero to archive my electronic component datasheet collection - mostly datasheets of embedded CPU chipsets. I am less than thrilled, though, at the idea of manually creating the metadata for all those documents. There are,…
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How to keep Zotero collections in sync with collaborators via git?

I am using Zotero/Latex for academic writing and citations, yet I am wondering about the cleanest way to collaborate on a scientific manuscript via Zotero and git/github. I am happily using the BetterBibtex plugin for Zotero. I activated the "Keep…
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Why only some PDFs can be read in the browser?

Using e.g. chromium, some PDFs can be read in the browser, with the URL of the PDF staying in the address bar e.g. http://www.africau.edu/images/default/sample.pdf, and some other can only be downloaded, then shown in the browser when they have been…
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Open Links with the Application "file" (Zotero)

I'm using the citation program Zotero (although I'm not sure if this problem is actually Zotero-specific). When I click a link of the format file:\\\\\\C:\\... within this program, the "Launch Application" window pops up. There is a program called…
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MS Word, paste hyperlink with text to display

I would like to know how to format a link that when it is manually pasted (in this case from Zotero) into MS Word it displays custom text (text to display) and links it to the URL, like if you copy this link (not copy as link) to MS Word…
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How to make onenote translate the zotero app url as a hyperlink rather than plaintext

I use onenote for note taking and zotero for reference management, so I usually make a hyper link in onenote pages with zotero APP URI for rapid redirection to the target item in zotero. Zotero APP URI is a…
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Install a PortableApp from paf in a system with limited privileges. Handle it locally

I have a PC with Win 10. I do not have admin privileges. I can run PortableApps, and use its launcher. To "install" new apps I can do it from the PortableApps app installation menu. Now I mean to use Zotero Portable. It is not available from the…
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