wileyyugioh/zotmoov

Sync annotated pdf in real time?

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Hi,

I am new to both Zotero and zotmoov, I was wondering if my annotations can be synced to my cloud storage. Right now it automatically uploads the pdf without annotations (when I add to my personal library) and I have to save the annotated version and manually add it to cloud storage so if any annotation change made to pdf, it syncs again, is that possible?

TW96 commented

This is about how Zotero works, nothing to do with Zotmoov. PDF annotations added in the Zotero reader are stored to your Zotero database (which cannot be in a cloud storage folder), not in the PDF itself. You can however save annotations back to the PDF from within Zotero (eg for viewing in an external viewer), but then they are then locked as far as Zotero is concerned (unless re-imported).
https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/annotations_in_database
https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/data_directory_in_cloud_storage_folder

Annotations in the database are synced to the Zotero web library (and other devices) if you have Zotero data syncing turned ON (free/unlimited). But you can only see those annotations in the Zotero reader currently (unless you create a child note from them). And you can only open that reader with the (annotated) PDF if Zotero can locate that (linked) PDF on the device in question; which you can do for linked (cloud-mirrored) PDFs on other computers (but not the web library, the mobile apps, or Groups; linked PDFs don't work with those).
https://www.zotero.org/support/attaching_files#linked_files