Can't get plugin in Word Office 2007 w/ chrome+standalone

plnncardoso
Hello,

so I used Firefox has my default browser and the Zotero plugin in Word Office 2007. It worked like a charm. Then I started having non-zotero problems related with Mozilla Firefox crashing, and switched to chrome.

I installed the zotero extension in chrome. And I installed the zotero standalone. I synced my library. I went to zotero standalone tools and installed "Microsoft Word Add-In". Everything should be fine, right?

The problem appeared when I now try to click the word plugin within Word Office 2007, this message pops-up: "Word could not communicate with Zotero. Please ensure Firefox is running and try again". Now, to insert citation I have to have the zotero standalone open and running. This is very annoying, since previously with Firefox every process was much smoother and faster.

Do I really have to open and run zotero standalone every time I want to inert a citation now?

Thanks
  • adamsmith
    yes. The Firefox add-on and the Standalone software are (basically) functional equivalents. Just like you used to have to have Firefox (with Zotero) open to insert citations, you now have to have Standalone open.

    You should also have Standalone open, btw., as you add items from Chrome. You'll get better results and it's the only way to import items into a specific collection.

    (I'm not really sure what the problem with this is, though. Why is it "very annoying" to have Standalone open?)
  • aurimas
    Do I really have to open and run zotero standalone every time I want to inert a citation now?
    Yes. Zotero Chrome connector is a very lightweight plugin, which requires Zotero Standalone for most functionality (other than importing items into your library)
  • plnncardoso
    Thanks for the responses!

    It's not that "annoying" really, it's just that I use to work with my browser open. So, when I used firefox and wanted to insert a citation in Word, I wouldn't have to pay attention whether if Firefox was running or not.

    Now I just have to get used to have Zotero standalone running. Actually, it's a very useful piece of software to manage my library.

    Thanks again for the clarifications!

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