SOME GENERAL ISSUES

mcintire

I had zotero working fine until I had a hard drive crash. Now I'm working on a new Mac Book Pro with Mountain Lion.
I was working with the Firefox version (not the standalone). It required Firefox to be open.
Would the Stand Alone version enable me to make citations working in Word without Firefox being open?
After restoring my files, I found my Library, but several important groups seem to be missing :(
I would like to try to find the missing bibliography data. Where does Zotero store data?
Any hints would be MOST welcome.
Jo

adamsmith

Would the Stand Alone version enable me to make citations working in Word without Firefox being open?

yes.

After restoring my files, I found my Library, but several important groups seem to be missing :(
I would like to try to find the missing bibliography data. Where does Zotero store data?

http://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data

mcintire

I guess the groups that I don't see got lost. Bummer.
Is there a way to rebuild a group from a paper with a bibliography?

Also, I'm not getting Zotero to work. I get no Zotero button on the bottom of Firefox, and the Zotero icon in the Word bar doesn't open a citation window from Word.

I'm all messed up. Should I delete Zotero from Applications and try reloading. Does Zotero need to be uninstalled?

adamsmith

do uninstall things.
http://www.zotero.org/support/kb/no_status_bar_icon
if you run Standalone you also need Zotero for Firefox

aurimas

I think adamsmith meant "do not uninstall things"

99 times out of 100 reinstalling the same version makes no difference.

mcintire

Going to FF VIEW Toolbars had an option for Add-on bar that was off. I now have that on, and can see the Zotero button at the bottom rhs of FF. However clicking it gives me "Database upgrade error, TypeError: Zotero.DB is undefined"

What does THAT mean?

adamsmith

never seen that. Try restarting Firefox.

DOHelly

I followed unclear instructions, posted on a forum, on how to drag and drop an item from one collection into another. Please provide detailed instructions because I am unable to drag and drop. Is there a particular view from which the operation has to be executed? Thank you so much. Please respond as soon as you can. With much appreciation,

adamsmith

Unless you're the same person as the original poster, start a new thread please. Provide some more details about what isn't working.