Zotero is Not Retained Across Copies of a Document

csnewma2 · May 19, 2020

I have Doc_A with zotero citations. I make a copy of that document: Doc_A.cp.

On Doc_A.cp zotero does not recognize it's own pre-existing citations and "starts from scratch".

How do I make a copy where I can pick up with zotero from where I left off?

-Thanks

bwiernik · May 19, 2020

What word processor are you using and what file format are you saving the file in?

See https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/existing_citations_not_detected

csnewma2 · May 19, 2020

Microsoft Word Document (.docx)

adamsmith · May 19, 2020

That would just work and it's hard to conceive how it wouldn't (Zotero shouldn't even be able to tell one of the documents is a "copy" and one the "original").
Can you walk us through exactly what you're doing and what you're seeing, including how you're telling that Zotero isn't recognizign the citations?