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Use the Better Notes Note Template to Assist Information Collection

Better Notes provides a large number of note templates, which can organize information that cannot be collected in the linkage process between third-party software/plug-ins and Zotero into notes (for example, in multiple documents, annotations with different labels/colors are filtered from each document, and notes are formed according to specific format lines, etc.), and has great customization space. For the introduction and usage of note template, see4.2 Note Template/Note Template.

Using note synchronization function to realize the synchronization of Zotero = > third-party note software

Better Notes supports automatic note synchronization, which is sufficient to meet the synchronization/linkage needs of many users, and may partially replace some paid tools or plug-ins. See4.9 Note Sync/Sycn.

Use note templates and note export functions instead of plug-ins such as mdnotes

Excellent plug-ins like mdnotes also have note templates, but limited by their template fields, support is limited. Because it is based on the early version of Zotero, it has historical burden.
Better Notes has been developed based on Zotero 6 from the beginning, adapting to the note-taking features of Zotero 6, and the note-taking template supports embedded code, so its customization ability is far stronger than other keyword-based templates.
Also, Better Notes has richer and more powerful options for exporting notes as markdown.
See4.2 Note Template/Note TemplateAnd4.8 Note Export/Export.

What if you don't rely heavily on the unique features of third-party note-taking software in the editing process?

You can also try to do it in Zotero using Better Notes onlyDocument notesReduce the mental burden of switching software. Of course, after the literature notes are completed, you can still easily export one key to the external markdown and integrate it into the original note workflow, such as picture bed, information statistics, note warehouse and so on.

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