Well, writer2latex is actually an Ubuntu package, so it will
eventually seep into the repositories, but if you want to try it out
now, installing should be now more difficult than downloading the
snapshot from http://writer2latex.sourceforge.net/index12.html,
unzipping and clicking on writer4latex.oxt and writer2latex.oxt to
install. (OXT files are OpenOffice extensions, and should open in
OpenOffice when you click on them.)

This works with the regular non-beta Zotero (I haven't actually tried
it with the newer versions, but can't think of why those shouldn't
work too).

Now, for the cite-keys, there are two possibilities.

1.

If you would use LyX for writing LaTeX, I would recommend you install
my patched version of LyZ: https://github.com/unhammer/lyz/downloads
LyZ is an extension to Zotero that lets you cite from Zotero to an
opened LyX document. See http://www.klubko.net/?page_id=945 for more
information on LyZ itself (e.g. how to set the correct LyXPipe path).

My patch does not add much to the regular LyZ, except for allowing you
to write "writer2latex" as a cite-key format in its settings.

So basically, install lyz.xpi and restart Firefox, your Zotero will
have a new LyZ drop-down button from which you can click Settings;
here you enter your LyXPipe path (e.g. /home/username/.lyxpipe) and
enter "writer2latex" as the cite-key.

If you want, you can also select another BibTeX exporter if you have
more than one installed.
E.g. https://github.com/unhammer/zotero-natbib has my exporter, which
exports web sites in a manner I find more pleasing...

Now, LyZ by design just exports the parts of your library that it
knows you've cited at least once from LyZ... it won't know what you've
cited in your exported OpenOffice document. To work around this, just
select your whole library in Zotero and click "Cite in LyX"; then
delete that huge citation from LyX.


2.

If you don't plan on using LyX, you can get writer2latex cite-keys by
downloading http://paste.pocoo.org/show/284381/ (save it as
BibTeX-writer2latex.js) and placing it in your zotero/translators
directory. On my system this is
~/.mozilla/firefox/bi3xapi2.default/zotero/translators (you can also
choose to store your Zotero folder somewhere else, in the Zotero
“advanced” settings)

Restart Firefox. When you got to export, you’ll see it offered as a
possibility. Now you can export your whole library and the cite-keys
in your exported BibTeX file should match those in the exported LaTeX
file. Unfortunately these cite-keys are rather unreadable, but with a
good LaTeX editor that shouldn't matter.




The LyX method might seem a little more involved at first, but working
with LyZ is actually quite nice.



Note: writer2latex has an enormous amount of exporting options, e.g. how to
turn headings into LaTeX sections, etc. If the document doesn't look
the way it should the first time, you might want to read up a bit on
the writer2latex manual.

I am getting the same errors in FF 10. Is there any chance to fix BibTeX-writer2latex.js? It seems that a very similar code I wrote works okay. This function:
"k":function (flags, item) {
if (item.key) {
return item.key;
}
return "????";
}

seems to kill the code. How can I debug the JS script? Thanks in advance.

Thanks a lot unhammer. This new version works okay with me!!!!
Now I struggle with the option of bookmarks in the word plug in which stopped working with me. But this new version definitely works now! Great work!