![]() Features LostĪnd there’s unfortunately a feature lost in notes: the new note system does not allow for HTML editing, nor does it currently have the old highlighting. Second, adding a chunk of text from the PDF to the note creates a new paragraph, rather than placing the text snippet on the current paragraph.įinally, the cursor seems to get lost when navigating the note with the keypad, especially when the cursor traverses the citation field. That can be frustrating – it reminds me of the early days when Zotero broke out of being a Firefox-only add-on and went “Standalone.” Zotero’s “snappiness” improved over time, and I imagine the same will happen here. It often gets unresponsive while I’m typing. And there are.įirst of all, the note window is pretty laggy. Bugsīeing beta software, I understand that there will be bugs. In fact, these new features are so rich, I feel as though I’m barely scratching the surface. When I opened a PDF I was reading on a laptop at home on a second computer at work, I was dropped in exactly where I left off reading on the laptop. There’s a lot of new possibilities for library navigation now thanks to tagging sticky notes.Īnd, it looks like my location in a PDF was synced across devices. Both the highlights and sticky notes can easily be added to a separate note, as well. In addition to the new note feature, the PDF annotation system has PDF highlighting and sticky note capabilities. The PDF and the corresponding note open in a new page.I click on the citation and click on”Go To Page”. ![]() I open a note and see a PDF citation, but the PDF in question is not open.One thing that would really make this feature sing is this: Clicking on the citation allows you to go to that page in the PDF. An automatically generated citation in a Zotero note. In addition, I tested this feature without a PDF open: clicking on it opens the PDF associated with the note in a new tab and jumps to the page. This new setup will save me a great deal of time.īut there’s more – the pasted material has a citation at the end, allowing me an option to “Go To Page.” Clicking on that citation does what it says – it jumps to the page of the PDF. It could take so long that often I would just re-type the text rather than copy and paste it. And the pasted material doesn’t have carriage returns.įor years now, I would copy and paste PDF text into a Zotero note and have to go through and delete carriage returns. Taking NotesĪs for taking notes, the new PDF system offers a subtle, yet, invaluable capability: when I highlight text in the PDF, a button appears, allowing me to paste that highlighted section in a note. This feature is great, and it makes me want more: could I eventually open search folders in a new tab? Group libraries? If so – managing my library will get so much easier. I can even open a second PDF in another tab. All the while, the PDF tab is waiting there, patiently, for me to return to it. Or maybe I don’t have it – I can pop into Firefox and get it easily enough. I didn’t realize how often I did that, but it makes sense: the PDF I’m reading might make reference to another source, so I might want to go back to my library to see if I have it and cross-reference ideas. What’s so cool about that is that I can easily go back to the main library and look at another source. The PDF now opens in a new tab, where I can read it and take notes. But first, I did not realize how happy one tab could make me. The Simple Pleasure of a Tabįirst of all, opening a PDF in Zotero now opens its own native PDF reader with new annotation capabililties. My quick take on the new features? They are now a key part of the FOSS Academic Lifestyle Dream. ![]() These are scheduled to be a part of the Zotero 6 release later this year, but when I heard about them, I installed the Zotero 5 developer version to give them a whirl. Zotero recently announced two major new features: an internal PDF reader and tab-based navigation. UPDATE in 2022: I’ve added the ability to comment via Mastodon on this post (see below) since this post is one of the more popular ones on the blog. Review of Zotero's New PDF Annotation Features
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