Adding citation is extrememly, painfully slow

cswisher
It takes several minutes to add/remove a reference. I am writing my dissertation and this has become a tremendous time sink. Any ideas for a remedy for the delay? Thanks so much for your help!
  • dstillman
    Add/remove a reference in a word processor or in Zotero itself?

    If the latter, try disabling any other extensions you've installed.

    If that doesn't help, provide a Debug ID for a single operation that's slow.
  • cswisher
    Thanks Dan,

    It is in microsoft word. Do I disable extensions in the word processor or in zotero?

    Debug ID is D1675242855.

    Thanks again!

    Christine
  • adamsmith
    If you're writing on Word for Mac, dissertation-length manuscripts are basically impossible to handle. Really the only thing to do is to write in separate chapters.
  • cswisher
    Can I write in separate chapters and then merge them at the end?
  • adamsmith
    yes, that's what most people do. It's certainly what I did--even with LibreOffice, once you have a couple of hundred refs over a couple of hundred pages, things get slow.
  • cswisher
    Okay sounds good. Thanks for your help.

    Christine
  • cswisher
    One more question. Is there a way to make sure my zotero library is backed up?
  • adamsmith
    https://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data#backing_up_your_zotero_library
    best idea is just to have an automated, regular back-up of your entire hard disk.
  • cswisher
    So much faster! Thank you!!!
  • mabu84
    @cswisher
    Just found your topic when i wanted to post the same issue. After working in a "work sheet" off the main doc seems to be the only solution, I'll keep on putting my citations in () to the right places in the main doc first. This way I can use cross-references, bookmarks etc. within this main doc. When I completed a part, I copy it (like 20-30 pages) to an empty "work sheet", complete the Zotero citations and then copy it back. Works fine, although a faster processing would be great. :)
    Best regards!
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