What you can also do is replace the %a specifier in your autofill format with %p. This will use the Editor field when the Author field is missing (e.g. for the book type).
Christiaan > On 20 Jan 2023, at 12:54, Alexander,J <ja...@lse.ac.uk> wrote: > > Ah — thanks very much. You were right that a necessary field was missing. I > have AutoFile set to 'Author + “/“ + 15 words from the title + unique number > + extension’, and it was an edited book that did not have an author. Because > this occurs infrequently, I had forgotten about the need to temporarily put > the first editor as the author when attaching the file. > > Best wishes, > > Jason > >> On 20 Jan 2023, at 10:45, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com >> <mailto:cmhof...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> This should still be working, I don’t recall even changing anything on the >> feature. Does your AutoFile preference say it should file the papers in a >> specified location, and does this location exist? And are all relevant >> fields filled in the item for which you attach a PDF? >> >> Christiaan >> >>> On 20 Jan 2023, at 09:57, Alexander,J <ja...@lse.ac.uk >>> <mailto:ja...@lse.ac.uk>> wrote: >>> >>> Just a quick follow-up: the preferences are still there under AutoFile, but >>> it doesn’t seem to be working. When I drag-and-drop a file, or right click >>> and select a file to attach, it just leaves the file in its original >>> location. >>> >>> J >>> >>>> On 20 Jan 2023, at 08:48, Alexander,J <ja...@lse.ac.uk >>>> <mailto:ja...@lse.ac.uk>> wrote: >>>> >>>> It seems that a bug might have appeared in the most recent release of >>>> BibDesk. Previously, whenever I attached a PDF to a bibliography entry, >>>> it would automatically move the file and save a copy to a specified >>>> directory using the template: >>>> >>>> ..specified folder…/surname of first author/first few words appearing in >>>> the title.pdf >>>> >>>> That was really useful, because I could specify the folder my Dropbox, and >>>> so the attached article/book would automatically copy to all my computers. >>>> >>>> I just tried attaching a PDF to an entry, and I noticed that it left the >>>> PDF in its original location. When I checked the preferences, I couldn’t >>>> see any preference that corresponded to the previous behaviour of BibDesk >>>> — i.e., automatically moving the file to a new location and renaming it. >>>> Has the previous capability been removed? >>>> >>>> Many thanks, >>>> >>>> Jason >>
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