Troubleshooting Word Plug Ins

ElizabethGPearson

I have Zotero Stand Alone and am looking forward to using it to cite.

When I tried to install the word plug ins, I only see plug ins for Firefox.

I downloaded this - when trying to run the xpi file a message said I didn't have the capability on my computer, and which programme did I want to use..

I accidentally hit chrome, and now every time I try to open the download it just regenerates itself.

I use Windows 8 and Google Chrome, also Word.

Can anyone help??

I'd be hugely grateful.

Best!

Lizz

adamsmith

The Word add-on comes pre-installed with Zotero Standalone. You can re-install it from the Cite tab of the Zotero preferences if it's not appearing in Word (where you'd see it in the Add-ins tab).

ElizabethGPearson

Thanks. I have done it. Now just fiddling with citations to make them right. I see you've helped lots of people with this in the past. I'm a slight technophobe but I'll get there.

Do you have a video for how to change the citation style in a document to match another journal?

Thanks for all your help.

Lizz

adamsmith

what do you mean by changing citation style? Do you want to change to a different style (which is easy) or do you actually want to make slight changes to a style (which is more challenging).

ElizabethGPearson

Hi -I mean - say you write your thesis in one style and have 1000 footnotes. Then your book publishers say, we need another citation style. Is there a button you can press to hey presto turn one into the other??

I have been using Mendeley, which is fantastic for in-document word searching (which I *think* Zotero can't do?)

Best

Lizz

adamsmith

see here:
http://ica.library.oregonstate.edu/tutorials/lesson/626--Introduction-to-Zotero?mid=24721&type=MiscellaneousResource&uid=1251

start a new thread for the in-doc searching. Zotero can search in documents, but not display the search results from those documents, at least at this time.

Shashidhar

I have installed zotero standalone for chrome and I see a message "word cannot communicate with zotero",every time I try to insert citation.I have installed appropriate plugins as well.Some one who has already encountered similar problem can help me?

aurimas

There is no such thing as Zotero Standalone for Chrome. Please read https://www.zotero.org/support/installation#where_and_what_do_i_download and start a new thread if you experience further issues.