'Drag and drop' citations

cpau

I want to work with a Word document that has been 'unlinked' from Zotero. This means I can no longer use the Zotero / Word plug in to add new footnotes. Instead, I am 'dragging and dropping' citations from Zotero into new footnotes in my Word document.

I have set the export style to Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed., full note). The only issue with so doing, is that the 'drag and drop' citation comes with a line of spacing underneath it (which would be useful in a bibliography but is not helpful in a footnote).

How do I remove this automatic formatting feature?

adamsmith

If you're copying into footnotes, you should just the citation format (shift+drag or ctrl+shift+a) -- that doesn't include linebreaks.

cpau

Thanks for your suggestion. That does work up to a point - the formatting is correct for a footnote. However, it only copies over a shortened citation - author surname, plus title of book. It doesn't include publisher or date. Is there any way I can drag and drop all the info you'd get in a fuller footnote?
I have tried selecting the appropriate citation style through preferences but it doesn't appear to stick for the drag and drop approach.

adamsmith

The style is set in Export

cpau

Thank you so much! That has worked.

I have one follow-up question if you don't mind. When I drag and drop a citation into the document in the preferred style, Chicago Manual of Style, it now brings all the information desired, plus url information associated with catalog / online access. How do I disable that so that it doesn't automatically carry the url across?

adamsmith

Make sure you have "Include URL" unchecked in the Zotero preferences under Cite, but beyond that, I'm afraid the only way to do this is to modify the citation style.