Zotero (UNH Manchester): Edit Your Preferences

in Zotero click Edit > Preferences. Some things you might want to change:

• General:
  • Check or uncheck what you want Zotero to do automatically when saving citations from a website, such as download a PDF when available, save an image of the site, tag items, etc.
• Sync:
  • Enter your Zotero account information (or click "Create Account" if you don't have one.)
  • Check your preferred sync options to your online Zotero account.
• Search
  • Make sure PDF indexing software is installed and up-to-date, which helps with searching within PDFs.
• Export
  • Set an export format for exporting references to another program.
• Cite:
  • Install the Microsoft Word add-on under the Word Processors tab.
  • Click the Styles Tab to install more citation styles.
• Advanced:
  • On the Files and Folder tab, view and/or change the Data Directory Location to save your Zotero files to a specific location.