trying to create bibliography from zotero not from citations

opey11
Hi:

I am trying to create a bibliography of old items in a zotero folder, 314 entries:
*I do not want to create it based on notes in a document, I just want the 314 entries alphabetized in a Word document.
**when I try select all and export all I get are whatever 25 entries are on the page of the bibliography I am currently on at that time?

Isn't there functionality to just create a bibliography in a blank word document with all the items you have in a zotero folder/bibliography? Thanks, PJ
  • adamsmith
    You can only do this in the Zotero software, not on the Zotero webpage. Install Zotero: http://zotero.org/download/

    Sync:
    https://www.zotero.org/support/sync
    And this will work the way I answered in your original thread:
    select all --> right-click-->create bibliography from selected items.
  • opey11
    I have done this and click on right click - and I don't get a pop up menu, no where to click create bibliography
  • adamsmith
    I'm almost 100% sure you're still on the webpage, not in the Zotero software. To be absolutely clear: Zotero is _not_ a web app. You need to install and use software to take advantage of many of its features. Once installed, nothing you do in Zotero will typically happen on a webpage. It will all happen in the software itself, whether it's the standalone program or the Firefox add-on. Which of the two do you have installed?
  • opey11
    I am definitely in stand alone, I know the difference...this is within the stand alone.
  • adamsmith
    OK, click on the gears icon (the one to the left of the green plus sign) at the top. What options do you see?
  • opey11
    import
    import from clipboard
    Export Library
    RTF Scan
    Create timeline
    Preferences
    Report Errors
    Support
    About Zotero
  • adamsmith
    OK, that looks good. And when you select an individual item in the middle panel and right-click it, you don't get a context menu? Nothing happens?
  • opey11
    thanks, that is right, I select all items, right click over that list and I get no context menu, nothing.
  • dstillman
    Report ID?
  • dstillman
    Also, what happens when you right-click on a single item in the middle pane? What about when you right-click on a collection in the left pane?
  • aurimas
    Can you provide a screenshot of where you're right-clicking (post it on Dropbox, Imgur, et.c and share a link)? Also try disabling any other addons you may have installed in Standalone (if any). We've just never seen this issue before, so looking at obvious culprits first.
  • opey11
    Thank you all for your help, none of your suggestions worked in this case, but I tried the same steps from a desktop PC and got the content menu and was able to get my bibliography into Word...on my Macbook, the steps above were all fine, but never produced a comment/dialog box that gave me an option to export the bibliography.
  • adamsmith
    Are you sure you have your mouse/trackpad set up to use right-click as right-click on Mac? I don't think that's the default. Otherwise you need to use ctrl+click to get a right-click effect.

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