Citation font bug using the Word plugin

iorranafs

This discussion is related to report #959455509. I recently updated Zotero to version 8. When I add a citation to my Word document (Zotero → Add/Edit Citation), the citation is inserted using a different font type. For example, my main text is in Times New Roman, but the citation appears in Arial. This is very inconvenient when writing a thesis, as it creates unnecessary extra work.

AprilMartin

I agree. I have been looking how to fix this. I have similiar issue. References in Times New Roman and thesis text in Calibri. My uni accepts Times New Roman but painful if I need to swap everything over. Any help from Zotero would be great. :)

poettli

https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/word_default_font

AprilMartin

Thank you poettli!

AprilMartin

I gave this a go and it is only temporary. I created a new style with font I need for citation and reference list. I changed references within list to the new style, saved document and then refreshed Zotero. The reference list then went back to old font.
It seems to be that there is something I need to change within the Zotero document preferences. There is no option within the document preferences to change the font and size permenantly within document you are working in. Any other suggestions?

adamsmith

The article specifies to change the existing default and references styles, not to create new ones. That's where Zotero gets it's font information, it doesn't have any internal way to specify or even store that info

AprilMartin

Figured it out! Create the new style with one of your citations in the text. If you have already generated a Zotero bibliography in your document, you will need to delete it now. Delete the bibliography, refresh Zotero, and then add it again. It will then update the bibliography with the new style.