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Tag Archives: Hazel
Trying Sente instead of Papers. Two annoying setbacks.
Following the disappointments with the recent version of Papers I am trying Sente 6, a competing reference and pdf management software. The initial impression is unfortunately not very good. First, I wanted to email two references to a colleague. Papers can do this through a … Continue reading
Searchable PDF annotations: Automating conversion to Skim notes
Many academics now read journal articles on screen, as PDF files. Holdouts—and they are everywhere—print out forest-sized stacks of paper that teeter on crowded desks. Freedom from clutter is just one advantage of digital reading. Another is searchability: a large … Continue reading
Posted in Annotation, Automation, Tags and folders
Tagged AppleScript, Hazel, Kaleidoscope, Papers, PDF Expert, Skim
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Workflow for reference files
Reference files other than academic articles are those files that I do not import in Papers. It may be simply because their file types are not compatible with Papers (Papers works best with pdf files whereas I often come across … Continue reading