Zotero Mac Word Bug: All non-Zotero tracked changes gone after Zotero refresh
Mac Word Integration (3.1.9) kills all currently tracked changes in the document on refresh. This is a major problem in a collaborative environment.
Specific Steps:
1) I just updated to the latest version of the Zotero Word for Mac Integration Plug-in (3.1.9),
2) restarted Word,
3) opened a document with lots of non-Zotero changes tracked,
4) disabled track-changes (but keep changes highlighted) to prevent possible Zotero issues, and
5) attempted to refresh existing Zotero citations created with the previous version of the plug in.
Problem: To my horror, all previously tracked changes were no longer tracked. Gone with no undo. Thankfully the need to restart Word meant I had just saved, since it is critical for me to show the changes to other collaborators. Problem is I can't run a bibliography update.
Additional notes:
-- due to past issues with track-changes and Zotero I have been very careful to never change Zotero fields with track changes enabled.
-- I am the only Zotero user among my collaborators and I make all of the changes to the bibilography so nothing funny there.
-- With these techniques I have successfully worked with track changes and Zotero with the same collaborators in the past.
Additional info:
OSX 10.6.8
Firefox 7.0.1
Zotero 2.1.10
Word for Mac 2011 v14.1.3 (110805)
Specific Steps:
1) I just updated to the latest version of the Zotero Word for Mac Integration Plug-in (3.1.9),
2) restarted Word,
3) opened a document with lots of non-Zotero changes tracked,
4) disabled track-changes (but keep changes highlighted) to prevent possible Zotero issues, and
5) attempted to refresh existing Zotero citations created with the previous version of the plug in.
Problem: To my horror, all previously tracked changes were no longer tracked. Gone with no undo. Thankfully the need to restart Word meant I had just saved, since it is critical for me to show the changes to other collaborators. Problem is I can't run a bibliography update.
Additional notes:
-- due to past issues with track-changes and Zotero I have been very careful to never change Zotero fields with track changes enabled.
-- I am the only Zotero user among my collaborators and I make all of the changes to the bibilography so nothing funny there.
-- With these techniques I have successfully worked with track changes and Zotero with the same collaborators in the past.
Additional info:
OSX 10.6.8
Firefox 7.0.1
Zotero 2.1.10
Word for Mac 2011 v14.1.3 (110805)
Martin.