Inserting Zotero citations into Scrivener
Recently I went through the process of integrating Zotero with Scrivener (I followed the steps here: http://dahl.at/wordpress/2014/02/05/scrivener-and-zotero/), but the integration was not fully successful. I am able to copy citations from my Zotero library using cmd+shift+c and then paste them into my footnotes in Scrivener, as the instructions say I should. The problem arises when I compile my Scrivener document into an RTF file. When I do so, none of my footnotes carry over, and, even if I insert the Zotero citation directly into the text (e.g., { | Donahue, & Harrington, 2002 | p. 71 | |zu:1181244:3QCFKWPZ} ), the Zotero RTF scanner does not recognize it. I would greatly appreciate some help with this issue. Thanks!
Better instructions are here:
http://thedigitalresearcher.com/how-to-use-zotero-with-scrivener-part-2/
1. Export from Scrivener to RTF, open in Libre Office and save as .odt, then run the scan (and the open in LO again to set the reference style).
2. Insert the References in the text in Scrivener. Zotero/Libre Office converts them to footnotes.
1. When I use cmd+shift+c to copy a citation from Zotero and then use cmd+v to paste it into Scrivener, the citation that shows up is not correctly formatted. Specifically, the citation I am copying and pasting has an author and two editors, but what shows up in Scrivener is this:
{ | Augustine, et al., 1998 | | |zu:1140854:DKP9E464}
This is how it stays after exporting the document as a .rtf file, converting to .odt in LibreOffice, and putting the document through the RTF scan in Zotero. What shows up in the document after the scan is:
(Augustine, et al., 1998)
However, it should be "(Augustine 1998)." (I am going for Chicago Manual-style author+year format.)
2. After I copied and pasted a citation from Zotero to Scrivener, I manually entered a page number in what I take to be the right spot, i.e.
{ | Augustine, et al., 1998 |147 | |zu:1140854:DKP9E464}
However, the page number doesn't show up any more after I do the RTF scan. Again, what shows up is simply:
(Augustine, et al., 1998)
However, it should be "(Augustine 1998, 147)."
Help! Thanks so much.
Thanks again.