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--- kb:mendeley_import [2021/02/03 18:47] – [The Import Process] dstillman
+++ kb:mendeley_import [2021/03/11 08:14] – [Known Issues] dstillman
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 In addition to the database encryption discussed above, there are a few other issues to be aware of when importing from Mendeley.
-  * Mendeley stores PDF annotations and highlights in its database rather than storing them in the file where they would be accessible to other PDF readers, so Zotero extracts annotations to a note stored under the item, with links back to the original page. Highlights are not imported. To embed annotations and highlights into the PDF files themselves so they can be imported into Zotero, you have a couple options:
+  * To import PDF highlight and note annotations, you currently must import using the [[:dev_builds|Zotero Beta]], which adds support for annotations. See [[https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/88263/available-for-beta-testing-import-mendeley-annotations|this forum thread]] for more information.
-    - Mendeley provides an option to generate a PDF with annotations and highlights added back to the file. Prior to Mendeley 1.19.3, that option could only be run for one file at a time; in 1.19.3, it can be run for multiple files but doesn’t include highlights. In our testing, exported PDFs also don’t always contain the text of annotations. But if you’re able to satisfactorily export annotations and/or highlights, you could use that option for one or more files and then replace the imported files in Zotero (right-click on the item and choose “Show File”) with the annotated versions.
-    - You can also try using the third-party [[https://github.com/cycomanic/Menextract2pdf|Menextract2pdf]] script to write annotations and highlights back to the PDFs in Mendeley before importing into Zotero. See the [[#preserving_mendeley_annotations_and_highlights|instructions below]].
   * It’s not possible to directly import group libraries. To import items in group libraries, simply copy the group items to a collection in your Mendeley library before importing. You can then create a Zotero group and drag imported collections or items to that group.
   * Mendeley allows any field to be added to any type. When importing into Zotero, if a field isn’t valid for a given item type, the field is placed into the Extra field. When possible, those will be used automatically in citations (e.g., Original Date), and future versions of Zotero will automatically convert those to any real fields that become available.