Upgrade StorageWord Edit Bibliography
I am attempting to edit a bibliography in Word. However, the editor is removing the italics and adding in other characters. The example is below.
Ongori, H., & Agolla, J. E. (2008). Occupational stress in organizations and its effects on organizational performance. {\i{}Journal of Management Research (09725814)}, {\i{}8}(3), 123–135. Retrieved from http://www.sagepub.com
Ongori, H., & Agolla, J. E. (2008). Occupational stress in organizations and its effects on organizational performance. {\i{}Journal of Management Research (09725814)}, {\i{}8}(3), 123–135. Retrieved from http://www.sagepub.com
Depending on what exactly you need, would removing field codes in a copy of the document and editing in Word directly be an option?
Or, of course, if these are general issues, editing the data in Zotero itself.
Thank you Adam.
I add something more (probably I would open a new topic "WORD EDITOR", but the problem is the same).
My stuff: MacBook Pro El Capitan, Word 2015, Zotero Standalone, all updated.
The problem is with all styles.
Adding a citation:
É.H. Gilson – J.P. Reilly, The Gilson lectures on Thomas Aquinas, 34.
Editing a citation, for example removing the final dot:
É.H. Gilson – J.P. Reilly, \iThe Gilson lectures on Thomas Aquinas, 34
Furthermore, some times ago (some versions ago) in the EDITOR I could see the final result, as it would appear in Word.
Instead, now I see:
{É.H.} {Gilson} – {J.P.} {Reilly}, {\i{}The Gilson lectures on Thomas Aquinas}, 34.
The editor worked well, now it's a problem modifying a citation.
For example it can often happen to want to remove the final full stop, and always there is the error!
Observation:
- the "strange" visualization in EDITOR happens --> always;
- the wrong modification in final text happens --> above all on italics.
Suggestion:
- why not a new button in Zotero panel? A button to remove only the fields codes of only one citation (like the command RemoveFieldsCode of Word)?
- or a simple check in Word plugin while you add a new citation, like "insert as simple text"
In this way you can
- insert and modify it in Word, without all annoying field issues
- keep your file connected to Zotero for general modifications.
I hope this can help.
Bye.
Paolo
If you just want to insert a plain citation into Word, why not use Create bibliography in Zotero and copy&paste. I think that's sufficiently simple that we wouldn't want to add an extra button in the add-on.
Neither of these, of course, would work for the bibliography, which is a single field, technically speaking.
With a Mac cmd+fn+shift+f9; with Windows (only in some versions) cntr+shift+f9.
The field can become simple text, but for a normal user – in my opinion – it's too difficult.
For me a little check/tick, while you add a citation, could be very interesting.
You could choose two ways of working, inserting citations as field or as simple text.
I think it wouldn't be a useless function; the "cite while you write" of EndNote works in this way.
About "Create bibliography", my experience is not a great one.
Making a "paste":
- in Word: the text is pasted with correct formatting, but it adds a "1." before the string of text, and the number is a field.
Very uncomfortable in footnotes.
- in Pages and other Word-processor: the text is unformatted and it appears to be a second item of a list:
Example:
1. undefined
2. R. Bauckham, The theology of the book of Revelation.
Finally, solving the problem with the visual editor, could solve the most of problems.
Paolo
The other Word Processor I use is Scrivener, but it's based on RTF files that can't keep the formatting. I forgot it.
Thanks.