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- | =====User Interface===== | + | The General preferences |
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- | This section allows users to customize Zotero’s appearance. | + | |
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- | The first option specifies whether the Zotero | + | |
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- | **Font size** – You can use this preference to make the text in your Zotero | + | |
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- | **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. | + | |
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- | =====Miscellaneous===== | + | |
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- | **Automatically check for updated translators** – Allows Zotero to regularly update and download new translators, the modules which allow it to detect | + | |
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- | **Report broken site translators** – Informs Zotero’s developers when a broken translator is discovered. This information is submitted anonymously. | + | |
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- | **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. | + | |
- | **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. | + | {{: |
- | **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 a library item for that page, then attach a snapshot of it at that moment. By deselecting this option, only the library item will be created. | ||
- | **Automatically attach associated PDFs and other files when saving items** – Certain sites (e.g., JSTOR) associate files, such as PDFs, with listings for articles, documents, etc., often an abstract or the full-text of the listing. If this option is selected Zotero will automatically save these files as attachments when you save items. This feature is not enabled by default, as it can dramatically increase the disk space used by your library. | + | ==== File Handling ==== |
- | **Automatically | + | * **Automatically |
+ | * **Automatically attach associated PDFs and other files when saving items:** Should Zotero automatically download | ||
+ | * To automatically download supplementary material, as well as the main article file, see [[preferences/ | ||
- | =====OpenURL===== | + | ==== Miscellaneous |
- | OpenURL is a standard which makes it easy to locate a physical copy of a Zotero library item. Many libraries operate their own OpenURL resolvers, which parse metadata from requests sent by programs such as Zotero, and give the physical location | + | * **Automatically tag items with keywords and subject headings:** Some repositories use tags to annotate and organize items (examples are the Library |
+ | * **Automatically remove items in the trash deleted more than … days ago:** Change how long items are kept in the trash before being automatically deleted | ||
- | 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. | + | ==== Groups ==== |
+ | By default, when you copy items between your personal My Library and a group library (or between different group libraries), any child notes, snapshots and other stored file attachments, | ||
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