Zotero can export its data to BibTeX BUT for whatever reason Zotero does not export the file names and paths. Therefore, SciPlore MindMapping cannot analyse which BibTeX key is assigned to a PDF. The solution:

• Ask the Zotero team to include file names (and ideally file paths too) in the exported BibTeX file.
• Consider to use JabRef instead of Zotero. Here is a tutorial how to switch from Zotero to JabRef.
• Use Mendeley as converter. Download Mendeley, go to Tools | Options... and pick Zotero / CiteULike and select your Zotero database (see screenshot). Mendeley will then permanentely create a BibTeX file (of course you have to start Mendeley from time to time). Read here how to set up Mendeley to create a BibTeX file automatically.

You may also ask the Zotero team to implement the feature to export the path of the files in the BibTeX file (and ideally, to continously updating it as Mendeley does).

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