On 10/5/07 7:30 PM, "Christopher W. MacMinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>>>>> I import references into BibDesk by dragging PDF files into my BibDesk
>>>>> library, which prompts BibDesk to create a new, blank reference entry that
>>>>> I can complete.  Sometimes, though, the new reference entry BibDesk
>>>>> creates is not blank -- many of the fields are auto-magically completed.
>>>>> This would be cool and useful if not for the fact that the information
>>>>> BibDesk supplies is  universally and completely incorrect
>>>> 
>>>> This is not supplied by BibDesk, but by the creator of the PDF file.
>>>> 
>>> That is interesting.  The PDF info is truly a mess more often than not, and
>>> seems to refer to a completely different article.  Perhaps I will contact
>>> the PDF authors...
>>> 
>> If you have Adobe Acrobat, you could open the PDF file and examine the
>> meta-data. (File >> Document Properties >> Description.) This would  confirm
>> whether the information you are seeing is actually coming from the  file's
>> meta-data.
> 
> I unfortunately do not have Adobe Acrobat, but I agree that this
> would be a good idea.  Is there another way to inspect PDF metadata?
> 
Actually, it looks like Acrobat Reader will let you inspect (although not
change) the meta-data. File >> Document Properties >> Summary.

--Ingrid



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