Subsequent shortened notes won't shorten the book title

medhapm

Hi, I'm having an issue all of a sudden where my book title won't shorten for subsequent citations in Zotero (I am using CMS 18).

Here's the original citation:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u18117023/ntplaewoy60fcralig7p.png

Here are the subsequent ones:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u18117023/3caxrezsvlb6qiychaah.png

I decided to test it with another book, and it worked correctly.
Original:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u18117023/3abo3omr3q08ygivrvix.png
Subsequent:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u18117023/sld3two785o6nbpp27j8.png

Is there a way to fix this issue or do I need to go in and manually change my citations.

adamsmith

Check if the Short Title field is filled in Zotero for that book. It's populated automatically with most import methods, but not, e.g., if you're manually adding an item (and the title isn't shortened automatically using some sort of rule for citations: it just uses that field)