Speaking footnotes

jmcnealy
Just started using Zotero and I am certainly thankful for the Bluebook citation option. I am wondering, however, if there is a way to create annotated footnotes. Would there, for example, be a way to place a citation but then also for it to copy over a note or quote from a pdf? I think this would be a great feature.
  • adamsmith
    that's a bit unspecific as a suggestion. It would help to see what you mean if you could lay out the type of workflow you are thinking of. Remember that you need to think in terms of what can be done systematically - e.g. how would Zotero know you want a certain quote inserted with a note.


    Currently, what Zotero _can_ do is
    - include whatever is in the "abstract" and/or "extra" field(s) in a note or the bibliography
    - add whatever you want to a note using the "suffix" and "prefix" field
    - add the content of a note anywhere in your document by drag and drop (although this still has some quirks.
  • jmcnealy
    adamsmith--Thanks for your quick response.

    What I mean is this: sometimes (often actually) in legal writing you want more to go into your footnote than simply the citation so you create a speaking footnote, which may cite a reference, but also may further explain the point you just made or quote the document you cited. Is there currently a way to do this using zotero? Can you drag a note from a document, or a quote from a document from zotero into the footnotes of your document in your wordprocessor the way you can drag and drop a citation into your wordprocessor?
  • adamsmith
    no, I don't think you can actually drop a note into your footnote.
    But yes, you can add explanation using the suffix field, so the general idea of a speaking note is possible - the "suffix" can be quite long, too.
  • jmcnealy
    So if I were to put the place holder {Smith, 2009} in for a footnote, where would I put the "suffix" field?
  • adamsmith
    oh - you didn't say anywhere that you're using the RTF scan - that changes things.
    No you can't do that then, you'd have to manually add to the footnotes after formatting.
    Any reason you are not using the Word/Ooo plugin?
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