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- | ======User Interface====== | + | ====== |
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- | This section allows users to customize | + | The General preferences pane controls the appearance of Zotero's user interface, item import settings, and group library behavior. |
- | The first option specifies whether the Zotero pane appears at the top or bottom of the browser window, when not in Fullscreen Mode. | + | {{: |
- | **Font size** – You can use this preference to make the text in your Zotero pane bigger. Chose between small, medium, and large font sizes. | ||
- | **Status bar icon** – Changes the appearance of the Zotero icon in the status bar. You can also access the Zotero pane through a button you can add to the main Firefox toolbar or a keyboard shortcut. | + | ==== File Handling ==== |
- | ======Miscellaneous====== | + | * **Automatically take snapshots when creating items from web pages:** When importing items from websites or archiving a web page using the [[: |
+ | * **Automatically attach associated PDFs and other files when saving items:** Should Zotero automatically download the full-text PDF version of articles (or sometimes other related files) when importing items using the Zotero save button in your browser (enabled by default)? | ||
+ | * To automatically download supplementary material, as well as the main article file, see [[preferences/ | ||
- | **Automatically check for updated translators** – Allows Zotero to regularly update and download new translators, | + | ==== Miscellaneous ==== |
- | **Report broken site translators** – Informs Zotero’s developers when a broken translator is discovered. This information is submitted anonymously. | + | |
+ | * **Automatically remove items in the trash deleted more than … days ago:** Change how long items are kept in the trash before being automatically deleted (default: 30 days). | ||
- | **Allow zotero.org to customize content based on current Zotero version** – Having this option selected permits zotero.org to use information from the Zotero client to create a richer, more personalized experience for users. Some exciting new features are in the works which will provide greater integration between Zotero and zotero.org, so keep an eye out. | + | ==== Groups ==== |
- | **Use Zotero for downloaded RIS/Refer files** – Some sites allow users to export bibliographic data as RIS or Refer files. If this option is checked, when you click to export the files Zotero will intercept them and import the information. | + | By default, when you copy items between your personal My Library and a group library |
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- | **Automatically take snapshots when creating items from web pages** – By default, when you click on the “Create new item from current page” button in the Zotero toolbar, Zotero will create | + | |
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- | **Automatically attach associated PDFs and other files when saving items** – Certain sites (e.g., JSTOR) associate | + | |
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- | **Automatically tag items with keywords and subject headings** – Some repositories already use tag-like terms to organize items on their site. For example, subject headings | + | |
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- | ======OpenURL====== | + | |
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- | OpenURL is a standard which makes it easy to locate a physical copy of a Zotero library item. Many libraries | + | |
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- | Now all you need to do to find a physical copy of an item in your Zotero library is to select the item and click on the Locate button under the Info tag. This will open a page in your browser with the necessary information. | + | |
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