Problem Description
The recent new version (version 6.0) of the document management tool - Zotero finally has its own built-in PDF reader, which can directly read and annotate documents in the built-in reader, but the annotated content is not directly saved on the PDF However, it exists in the entry separately. Sometimes you want to leave your own notes on the PDF documents that you want to share. You can take the following two methods.
Update: Seeing someone asking a question, please note that the following two methods, the first method is to export the comments in the entry and a new pdf with comments, which does not affect the deletion and addition of comments in zotero; the second method is Directly save the comment to the original pdf file in zotero. After saving in this way, the comment cannot be deleted or added in zotero, but it can still be seen in the comment box on the left column.
solution one
The MacOS system is used here, and the Windows system should be similar.
(1) Select the PDF items to be exported (you can select them in batches), and right-click to select them 导出条目.
(2) Check the options 导出文件and 包括注释click OKthe button in the lower right corner.
(3) Enter the name to be saved and the location to be exported, and click SaveExport.
(4) Then open the folder and click on filethe file.
(5) Continue to click the sub-files inside (if batch export, there are multiple sub-files).
(6) Then you can see the exported PDF file, and you can also see the comments in Zotero when you click it.
Solution two
(1) Download and install the Zotero IF plug-in in Zotero .
(2) Open a document, click 工具and select 存储注释至PDF.
(3) Click OK.
(4) Go back to the home page, select the document you just opened, and right-click to select it 打开文件位置.
(5) It can be found that the comments have been saved in the PDF.
