Upgrade StorageZotero stand alone add-in causes Word for Mac 2011 to crash
Hi all,
I'm working on a large document in Word for Mac 2011 (over 20MB with image inserts and customised template and styles) and frequently have crashes when I save. Advice from a microsoft forum led to me thinking this was caused by the zotero plug in (because crashes ceased when I disabled it) and I followed advice by installing the zotero stand alone and automatic add in (zotero.dot loaded in global templates and add-ins) however I am still getting word crashes, albeit less frequently.
This is the error message I get: 'You cannot save while the file is in use by another process. Try saving the file with a new name'.
I'm then able to save the file with the same name to the same place but get another message: 'This is not a valid file name. Try one or more of the following: Check the path to make sure it was typed correctly. Select a file from the list of files and folders'
Please help - this re-labelling every time I save is very time consuming and frustrating!
I'm working on a large document in Word for Mac 2011 (over 20MB with image inserts and customised template and styles) and frequently have crashes when I save. Advice from a microsoft forum led to me thinking this was caused by the zotero plug in (because crashes ceased when I disabled it) and I followed advice by installing the zotero stand alone and automatic add in (zotero.dot loaded in global templates and add-ins) however I am still getting word crashes, albeit less frequently.
This is the error message I get: 'You cannot save while the file is in use by another process. Try saving the file with a new name'.
I'm then able to save the file with the same name to the same place but get another message: 'This is not a valid file name. Try one or more of the following: Check the path to make sure it was typed correctly. Select a file from the list of files and folders'
Please help - this re-labelling every time I save is very time consuming and frustrating!
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With that said, if the crashes actually cease when you disable Zotero.dot, you could access Zotero functionality from the Script menu instead. The add-in for Zotero Standalone is exactly the same as the add-in for Zotero for Firefox; it would be extremely surprising if there are any differences in the way Word interacts with them.