- Need more than one Zotero library? You can use the Preferences–>Advanced Settings→Storage Location setting to switch between multiple Zotero libraries, including a local Zotero library (on your computer) and a network Zotero library. Using multiple Firefox profiles is also a viable option.
- To see all the collections an item is in, hold down the “Option” key on Macs or the “Control” key on Windows. This will highlight all collections that contain the selected record.
- Press ”+” (plus) on the keyboard within the collections list or items list to expand all nodes and ”-” (minus) to collapse them.
- To see how many items you have, click an item in the middle column and Select All (Command-A on OS X or Control-A on Windows). A count of selected items will appear in the right column.
- Can't adjust the size of the Zotero pane downwards? The tag selector probably is in the way (it has a minimum height). Close it by clicking the show/hide tag selector button (
) and try to resize again.
- Right-clicking on any metadata text field which might logically use title case allows you to toggle between title and lower cases.
- Holding the Shift button while dragging and dropping an item into a text document will insert a citation, rather than the usual full reference.
- Zotero supports the standard Firefox shortcut keys for tab/window opening: Ctrl/Cmd-click for a new tab behind, Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-click for a new tab in front, and Shift-click for a new window.
- There are a number of hidden preferences which can be enabled through Firefox's about:config page. For more on what they are and how to enable them, see the hidden prefs page.