Citations changing.

janiecej
I use the standalone Zotero for word on a mac with the chrome extension.

Every once in a while I notice a citation previously entered that is incorrect. If I go into the citation with the edit function on the toolbar the correct source shows up and it will be fixed when I hit enter, BUT...how do I stop this from happening? I'm certainly not going to catch them all and how can I be sure that it won't happen again. I'm a little freaked out.

Please help! Save my dissertation.
  • adamsmith
    could you explain a bit more what you mean by "incorrect"?
  • janiecej
    The citation that shows up in my word document is different than the one I originally entered. It was initially correct, of course that was possibly ages and multiple edits ago. But every time I've seen a footnote that looked wrong to me and I went into the edit function, the right citation showed up in the edit field. If I just hit enter without changing anything, the citation in the word document is fixed.
  • adamsmith
    could you give an example? What type of incorrect are we talking? Different citation style, wrong citation, some incorrect information?
    Also, which Zotero version? And what do you mean by "the edit field"?
  • janiecej
    Verion 4.0.17

    I just looked at a footnote, let's say it was number 37. It cited J.S. On LIberty, 8. Citation form is fine, but the citation I had entered was Paul Reeve, Religion of a Different Color, Oxford, forthcoming (or the complete citation of that).

    Pretty sure that Mill was not correct, I clicked on the footnote and hit the edit button on the toolbar. The red citation field popped up and it said Reeve. The right source was there, and the footnote was changed back to Reeve when I hit enter, but it had changed to Mill on its own. This has happened more than once.
  • adamsmith
    OK, I see. That's not good, obviously.
    Next time you see that, could you try clicking the "Refresh" button in the toolbar? If that fixes it, it'd be less of a concern.

    Otherwise - this does sound like something corrupted in the document, though not quite sure how/what.
    Dan, Simon - any ideas?
  • janiecej
    I've kept all my chapters separate and this has happened in more than one chapter. The idea of multiple corrupted chapters freaks me out a bit. Ok, more than a bit.
  • adamsmith
    Citation style is Chicago Manual?
  • janiecej
    Yes.
  • adamsmith
    I don't have a good solution right now - do try if clicking the "refresh" button works - and let us know if it does. Also, next time you discover this, please save and keep a copy of the document before fixing it so someone can take a look at it. Which word processor are you using?
  • janiecej
    Thanks for working on it.

    Word for mac 2011. 14.3.9
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