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 Attachments have two separate names: the attachment title shown in the items list and the filename of the file on disk. Attachments have two separate names: the attachment title shown in the items list and the filename of the file on disk.
  
-Zotero automatically renames files on disk based on parent item metadata such as the title and authors. Since the parent item row in the items list already displays that metadata, Zotero doesn't show the filename directly in the items list. Instead, it uses simpler attachment titles such as "PDF" or "Ebook" for the first file of a given type or includes additional information about the source of the file (e.g., "ScienceDirect Full Text PDF" for a file saved from ScienceDirect, or "Accepted Version" or "Submitted Version" for [[/blog/improved-pdf-retrieval-with-unpaywall-integration/|open-access files]]). These separate titles avoid cluttering the items list with duplicate metadata and prevent parent items from being unnecessarily expanded when searching for titles or creators.+Zotero automatically renames files on disk based on parent item metadata such as the title and authors. Since the parent item row in the items list already displays that metadata, Zotero doesn't show the filename directly in the items list. Instead, it uses simpler attachment titles such as "PDF" or "Ebook" for the first file of a given type or includes additional information about the source of the file (e.g., "ScienceDirect Full Text PDF" for a file saved from ScienceDirect, or "Accepted Version" or "Submitted Version" for [[/blog/improved-pdf-retrieval-with-unpaywall-integration/|open-access files]]). These separate titles avoid cluttering the items list with redundant metadata and prevent parent items from being unnecessarily expanded when searching for titles or creators.
  
 Subsequent files added to an item from the filesystem will still get titles named after the filename (without the file extension), since those are likely to be supplementary files and the filename may be informative. Subsequent files added to an item from the filesystem will still get titles named after the filename (without the file extension), since those are likely to be supplementary files and the filename may be informative.
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 ==== Changes in Zotero 7 ==== ==== Changes in Zotero 7 ====
  
-Zotero has always automatically renamed files on disk, and it has always used a separate, simpler title such as "ScienceDirect Full Text PDF" when saving attachments from the web.+Zotero has always automatically renamed files on disk, and it has always used separate, simpler titles such as "ScienceDirect Full Text PDF" when saving attachments from the web.
  
 Zotero 7 changes attachment-title handling in a couple particular cases: Zotero 7 changes attachment-title handling in a couple particular cases:
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