Duplicating citations through copy and paste in Word

markt

I have been searching around these forums but can't seem to find a clear answer to my question.

Due to slow insertion of citations in Word, I would like to know whether it is safe to copy and paste a citation field. I would like to mention 1 source multiple times but worried that the field code won't copy properly.

Is it OK to use copy and paste Zotero citation fields to duplicate them in Word?

adamsmith

Try it out to be safe: if it works at all - i.e. if the second citation is recognized as a Zotero citation (check e.g. the grey shading or try to "edit citation") - then it's safe, yes.
I believe this should work in Word - it doesn't in LibreOffice, though.

markt

Thanks adam, it does appear as a grey field and can be edited.

This is a big time saver, thank you!

bwiernik

It definitely works in Word. It won't automatically update the formatting (et al, etc.) until you either insert a new reference via the dialogue, edit a reference via the dialogue (opening and saving immediately will work fine), or click the "Refresh" button.