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I understand how to add references and create a formatted bibliography in MS Word, and also how to add (formatted) references and bibliographies to a google doc. What I can't seem to figure out is the best way to insert references into a google doc such that I can later change the reference style and add a formatted bibliography from references I have placed in the google doc. I understand that google docs itself won't do this, but is there a way to insert references that can easily be formatted appropriately later in MS Word? My apologies if I've missed something obvious.
or: Smith {1990}
How does one copy references from Zotero into a document (any document) with those features? Do we have to manually type references in like that? If this doesn't exist, is there possibly a way to create a specialized format style that would do this?
My apologies if this is explained somewhere...
https://zotero.org/styles?q=RTF Scan (it includes titles to make sure citation aren't ambiguous).
ODF Scan comes with a translator that exports the codes as needed for that.
When I try to install the rtf-scan.csl, however, I get:
Install style "RTF Scan" from rtf-scan.csl?
But when press the "install" button, I get the following error:
An unexpected error occurred while installing "(null)"
I tried with another style: american-journal-of-physical-anthropology.csl, and got the same error. This one is only 1,074 bytes. Is that the right size?
I also notice that the search box that is available to most OS X find-file dialog boxes (in the upper right of the window that opens to allow you to navigate to the appropriate file you want to load) does not actually find anything. For example, when I type ".csl" or even "rtf" or "american", it does not report finding any files that match that. However, if I do this in a standard finder window, open to the same folder (my downloads folder in this case), it shows all the files with ".csl", or "rtf" or "american" etc. So something is wrong with the find-file window in my Zotero standalone.
Note that the search box in the find-file window within, e.g., MS Word, finds things also (just like my finder windows). So it is only Zotero that has this issue. Not sure whether this is related to my inability to import .csl files to Zotero?
I'm installing them by going to Zotero's Preferences>Cite>Styles, clicking the "+" button, scrolling down manually to the file (because the search box doesn't work, as I mentioned in my previous post), pressing the Open button once the file is selected, and then pressing Install when it asks if I want to install the file. After this, it reports:
An unexpected error occurred while installing "(null)"
Also, when I double-click on the .csl files in the finder, Zotero comes to the fore and asks if I want to install the style. When I indicate I do, it gives the same error:
An unexpected error occurred while installing "(null)"
The report ID is: 128765425
The error is:
[JavaScript Error: "invalid 'instanceof' operand Zotero.Exception" {file: "chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/style.js" line: 366}]
I notice that it says chrome, even though I'm using Safari?
I also have the error I reported earlier:
[JavaScript Error: "Could not open system library: no libc" {file: "resource://gre/modules/osfile/osfile_unix_allthreads.jsm" line: 57}]
which occurs whenever I try to sync with "sync attachment files in My Library using..."
I'm hoping the two aren't related...
"chrome" is, confusingly, also the name of a protocol used by Zotero (originating actually with Firefox) that has nothing to do with the browser of the same name.
I'd try reset styles from the advanced tab of the Zotero preferences (note that this will remove any custom styles, so back those up if you have any) and try again. Beyond that, Dan has to take this, I don't understand that error message well enough.
[JavaScript Error: "invalid 'instanceof' operand Zotero.Exception" {file: "chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/style.js" line: 366}]
I'm at a loss
Maybe Dan has an idea. We've never seen this and you shouldn't even get to that place in the code, I believe.
One other thing you could try is to move the file rtf-scan.csl manually to the "styles" folder within your Zotero data directory. You'd then have to restart Zotero. Maybe that works.
{Jerison, "Evolution of the Brain and Intelligence", 1973}
But RTF-scan reports that there are no citations in the document (in the sense that there are none listed in the "Verify cited items" window). Also, if I have it create the scanned file anyway, the document created cannot be opened. I get the following error when double-clicking on the Zotero scanned file:
"The document “Untitled 2 (Scanned).rtf” could not be opened. "
??
The style you have selected does not appear to be valid. If you have created this style yourself, please ensure that it passes validation as described at https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/wiki/Validation. Alternatively, try selecting another style.