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Zotero 6: Your research workflow, transformed

We're thrilled to announce the release of Zotero 6, the next major
version of Zotero and the biggest upgrade in Zotero's history. Zotero
6 introduces an array of new features to transform how you do
research, including a completely new way of working with PDFs and
notes.

PDF Reader and New Note Editor

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With Zotero 6, you can now:

  * Open PDFs in a new built-in reader within the main Zotero window,
    in a new tabbed interface
  * Clean up metadata for items while viewing their PDFs
  * Mark up PDFs with highlights, notes, and image annotations
  * Add annotations to Zotero notes with automatic citations, in a
    powerful new note editor
  * Cite other items directly in notes using Zotero's familiar
    citation dialog
  * Insert notes into your Word, LibreOffice, and Google Docs
    documents with active Zotero citations for automatically
    generating bibliographies
  * Export notes to external Markdown editors with links back to
    Zotero items and PDFs

Together with Zotero's powerful saving abilities and word processor
plugins, Zotero can now help you with the entire path from an
interesting item online to a cited quote in your final document.

Seamless Annotation Syncing

Like all Zotero library data, the annotations you create will
automatically sync across all your Zotero devices. There's no need to
close a PDF on one computer or worry about losing annotations due to
sync conflicts.

In addition to annotating your own files, you can also create PDF
annotations in group libraries, allowing you to collaboratively mark
up PDFs with other group members and immediately see each other's
changes.

Zotero's PDF reader syncs with our new Zotero iOS app, allowing you
to highlight and take notes on your iPad or iPhone and then quickly
pull those annotations into a note or word processor document when
you're back at your computer. You can even view ink annotations made
with an Apple Pencil.

PDFs will open automatically to your current page, no matter what
device you last used.

Annotations in Notes

[add-note-from-annotations]After you've marked up a PDF, you can
quickly add some or all annotations to a Zotero note.

Annotations added to notes aren't just plain text: they include
information about the source PDF that lets you quickly jump back to
the original page to see context, generate bibliography entries using
Zotero's word processor plugins, toggle annotation colors on and off,
include links back to Zotero when exporting to Markdown, and even
restore accidentally deleted citations to make sure you've properly
attributed a quote.

With note templates, you can customize the format of the annotations
you add.

If you previously used the ZotFile extension to extract PDF
annotations to Zotero notes, you can now use Zotero directly and
benefit from these new features.

Adding Notes to Word Processors

[add-note]When using one of the Zotero word processor plugins, a new
"Add Note" button lets you insert any Zotero note directly into the
document. Citations in the note, including those generated from PDF
annotations, will remain active, so they'll automatically be added to
your bibliography.

Markdown Export

Notes now have their own Quick Copy setting, with a choice between
Markdown + Rich Text or raw HTML. You can copy or drag notes from the
items list, or even individual annotations from the PDF reader,
directly to an external editor, with Markdown links back to the item
and PDF page associated with annotations.

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Embedded Images in Notes

Zotero notes now support embedded images. You can drag in images from
your computer or the web, and they'll sync to your other devices. You
can even create an image annotation in the PDF reader and drag it
straight into a note to create a cited image in your document.

Additional Zotero 6 Features

Zotero 6 also continues to refine Zotero's existing functionality and
addresses some popular feature requests.

Non-English Spellchecking

If you write in a language other than English, you can now add over
40 dictionaries for spellchecking in Zotero notes. No more red
squiggly lines!

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Improved Mendeley and Citavi Import

If you're currently a Mendeley user (or know one), Zotero's built-in
Mendeley importer will now import Mendeley annotations for use in the
new PDF reader. And a new import process allows you to import your
Mendeley data directly from the online library (despite the database
encryption added by Elsevier that made it impossible to import from a
local copy of your own Mendeley library).

Importing from Citavi will now bring in Citavi PDF annotations.

Bundled Safari Extension

For Mac users, the Zotero Connector for Safari is now bundled with
Zotero and can be enabled from the Extensions pane of the Safari
preferences.

Other Changes

For the full list of changes in Zotero 6, see the changelog.

Get Zotero 6

If you're already running Zotero, you can upgrade from within Zotero
by going to Help - "Check for Updates...".

Don't yet have Zotero? Get it now from the download page.

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 17th, 2022 at 1:14 pm by Dan
Stillman and is filed under News.

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