Reset numbering for thesis chapters

thaibinh

It would be great if there was a way to reset the citation numbering for each chapter of a thesis.

I know adamsmith has been suggesting that people write chapters separately and then paste them altogether, but it's annoying to have to re-join documents every time I need to change one reference.

Also, I had already joined my chapters to create a table of contents and to be able to reference tables/figures by their respective section/chapter numbers before I found out I can't do this with zotero citations. Now I essentially have to disassemble my intricately connected chapters...

ajlyon

The actual numbering is not controlled by Zotero in footnote styles, so you should be able to reset it using the typical numbering control mechanisms in Libre/OpenOffice or Word. For numeric styles, there is no way to reset numbering, but there you could only reset numbering if you had chapter-specific bibliographies, which are outside of Zotero's current capabilities.

thaibinh

Hi ajlyon,
Thanks for your reply.

For people who have this problem in the future, I solved this by creating a Master Document (in Microsoft Word). Once I insert all the documents into one master document, I can update all the table/figure/ToC fields to match their respective chapters (Ctrl-A, then F9). Because Zotero doesn't have master bibliography support, the numbering for the individual chapters won't change. I can still edit the individual chapters and then just update the master document.

adamsmith

I'm glad this works, but note that no one has tested what happens when you use Zotero in chapters attached to a Master Document. It may very well work just fine, but you should be aware that you're in uncharted waters.