Problems with Zotero in Google Docs
I love using Zotero in Google docs; however, I find some citations are not staying active and then my AMA numbers get all out of sorts. I can’t deal with that when I have 100 or more references. I don’t have the issue in word? Does anyone know why this may be happening?
Thank you,
Natalie
Thank you,
Natalie
The latest connector version, which just came out a couple days ago, fixed a potential cause of citations becoming unlinked when cutting and pasting them within a Google Doc. It can also happen if you or anyone else editing the document makes changes without having the Zotero Connector installed.
If this previously happened to any citations, you'll need to delete and reinsert them. If you can reproduce it going forward with citations that are working now, we'd want to know.
I do sometimes work with another person in google docs without Zotero (won't do that anymore, but wish I could as this was the point of working in google docs). In this case I had not worked with anyone in this document and the problem still occurred. The connector was installed at all times. It was just a few citations -- but it threw off the entire paper. From now on I plan to use the connecter only in word until I know this won't happen.
If you're worried it might happen again, you could use an author-date style while editing to make sure that even an unlinked citation would still show you the citation in question and simply switch to AMA at the end. You can also just keep an eye on it and use the Google Doc's version history to revert changes if there's ever a problem. Just to clarify, they don't need Zotero. They just need the Zotero Connector installed if they're going to cut/paste citations.
So, since the update (around 3/24/20) this issue I am describing should be resolved?
Thank you!
Natalie