Paperpile guide

Overview

Keyboard shortcuts

Technical overview of the web app

The web app user interface explained

Find and collect

Add references while browsing using the browser extension

Enter reference data manually

Paste reference data

Search online

Upload files

Organize

Basics

Filter references

Select references

Sort references

Star references

Trash and delete references

View and navigate your library

Search

Search your library

Advanced search options

Quick lookup

Metadata

Edit metadata

Edit special metadata fields

Edit metadata of multiple references in bulk

Update metadata automatically

Duplicates

Duplicates explained

Find and merge duplicates automatically

Folders and labels

Folders and labels explained

Organize your library with folders

Organize your library with labels

Manage folders and labels in bulk

PDFs and other files

Find and download PDFs automatically

Add PDFs and other files manually

Work with files

Customize file and folder names

Configure and use your library proxy

Export

Export your library data

Bulk download PDFs and other files

Read and annotate

Open PDFs

View and navigate PDFs

Add notes and annotate PDFs

View and annotate PDFs with other PDF viewers

Cite

Citation keys

Copy bibliography

Set citation style

Upload and use custom citation styles

Share and collaborate

Overview

Sharing in Paperpile explained

Sharing in the new Paperpile

Migrate your old shared folders to the new Paperpile

Private share links

Share references with a private link or email

Share a folder with a private link

Manage and revoke share links

View references and PDFs shared via link

Shared folders

Share a folder with other users

Work with shared folders

Shared libraries

Create a shared library

Manage shared libraries

Work with shared libraries

Advanced topics

Permissions in shared folders and libraries

Sharing modes: “live” and “independent” copies