Can't access zotero citation toolbar in word doc

dtdiva · October 13, 2011

Have mac os x and latest version of the plugin, zotero and word 2011. Pasted a paragraph from an old document done on word 2004 with Zotero 1.1 and lost ability to access zotero's citation feature in my document. The z citation toolbar is gone, although I still have access to the zotero database when I go to firefox. Have tried to reinstall everything. Still no go. Any thoughts? Thanks.

btw- Report ID: 1528371855

adamsmith · October 14, 2011

you're aware of this, right?
http://www.zotero.org/support/kb/no_toolbar_in_word_2008_plugin

dtdiva · October 22, 2011

Yep. But Zotero is no longer listed there. Thanks.

dtdiva · October 22, 2011

Also tried to go through the applications file downloaded onto my mac. When I attempted to run Add Citation\coa.scpt received the following error message:

Zotero experienced an error updating your document.

AttributeError: Unknown property, element or command: 'active_document'

Any thoughts? Thanks.

dtdiva · October 22, 2011

When attempted to access zotero bibliography through applescript received the following message:

try
do shell script "PIPE=\"/Users/Shared/.zoteroIntegrationPipe_$LOGNAME\"; if [ ! -e \"$PIPE\" ]; then PIPE=~/.zoteroIntegrationPipe; fi; if [ -e \"$PIPE\" ]; then echo 'MacWord2008 addBibliography '" & quoted form of POSIX path of (path to current application) & " > \"$PIPE\"; else exit 1; fi;"
on error
display alert "Word could not communicate with Zotero. Please ensure that Firefox is open and try again." as critical
end try

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Firefox was open, but it seemed not to recognize it. Thanks.

Simon · October 22, 2011

That's expected. You're not supposed to run the scripts from AppleScript Editor. They won't work if you do. They have to be run from the script menu.

Have you tried this?

dtdiva · October 23, 2011

Simon, you're a genius! It worked. Thanks!!