Why would a Zotero field show { ADDIN ZOTERO_TEMP } ?

JoshCraig · April 10, 2016

I'm troubleshooting problems with someone else's Word document.

One of the citations doesn't appear in the bibliography.

When I toggle the field codes I noticed that it says { ADDIN ZOTERO_TEMP } instead of the usual detailed field code with title, author, etc.

Can anyone suggest some possible causes of this so I cant prevent this happening in the future?

Cheers

Josh

adamsmith · April 11, 2016

Basically it's a placeholder that should normally only be there between the time you click insert citation to the moment the citation gets written/formatted.

Very hard to say when that would stay in the document. One way I could see is if Zotero or Firefox crashes while you're in the process of inserting a citation.

JoshCraig · April 11, 2016

Is there any possibility that it could be related to using track changes in Word?

adamsmith · April 11, 2016

yes, definitely possible. It shouldn't happen, though, and if anyone finds a way to make it happen reliable, it's likely fixable.