"Scannable Cite" not showing up in Zotero standalone
I've installed the RTF/ODF-Scan for Zotero but "Scannable Cite" is still not coming up as an option under "Default Output Format"—I've tried quitting everything, turning it on and then off again, etc. Anyone else have this issue? I'm on a Mac if that makes a difference.
And you realize that it'd be listed all the way at the bottom, right? Zotero first list citation styles, then translators, so it wouldn't be under the first S, alphabetically so to speak.
And yes, I do know it's listed at the very bottom—I've scrolled through the whole list about a dozen times, hoping that I'm just overlooking the "Scannable Cite" listing...
Could you try just re-installing the addon, check if the translator exists, and if not provide an error report ID right afterwards, please?
https://www.zotero.org/support/reporting_problems#provide_a_report_id
Which version of Standalone is this on? If you click on RTF Scan, do you see the ODF Scan options?
@Dan -- do you see any translator install error in there?
This is Standalone version 4.0.29.2.
When I click on RTF scan, there is no ODF scan option.
Also, which operating system is this?
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Juris-M/zotero-odf-scan-plugin/master/resource/translators/Scannable Cite.js
place it in your Zotero data folder
https://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data
restart Zotero/Firefox and it'll appear.
Cheers
Could you tell me more precisely how to download manually?
thanxx
I think you download it by right clicking and Save as...
I've manually downloaded, but its still now working. Could it be that I am not using the default data folder? I've chosen the data folder I've specified, when I installed the .js file.
Right click on the link Adamsmith provides above, Save as to download the .js file. Then, go to the Zotero folder (you can do so by going the the Preferences, Advanced, Files and Folders, then click on Show Data Directory. Click on the Zotero folder. You should find an folder called Translator. Put the .js file in there. Quit Zotero, and reopen it. Scannable options should be there.
I am on a very steep learning curve here - trying to make zotero work with Scrivener on a Mac and have wound up here having struggled to follow
http://thedigitalresearcher.com/how-to-use-zotero-with-scrivener-part-2/
and
https://danielvreeman.com/using-scrivener-for-writing-scientific-papers
I keep stumbling at the 'Install Add-On from File' step - I have downloaded RTF/ODF-Scan for Zotero but in Zotero standalone when I click Tools > Add Ons > Cogwheel > Install from file RTF/ODF-Scan it does not appear as an option. It is, however, listed as an add-on in my Firefox browster. I already have ZoteroLibreOffice Integration although there is a "warning" that "Zotero LibreOffice Integration could not be verified for use".
Maybe I jumped the gun, because I manually downloaded scannable cite, as per the instructions on this thread, and it is now listed as an output option. However RTF/ODF-Scan is still not in my Add-Ons. Can anyone help?
Many thanks in advance.
To install the RTF/ODF-Scan add on, first download the RTF/ODF-Scan extension installer: currently zotero-odf-scan-v1.0.32-fx.xpi. Save it somewhere you can access it easily.
Then, to install in Standalone, open Zotero Standalone and go to the Tools > Add-ons > Cogwheel menu and select "Install Add-on From File" (or similar). A browser window called "Select add-on to install" (or similar) will appear. In that window, navigate to the place on your computer where you have saved the RTF/ODF installer (e.g. Downloads). By default, that window will show only .xpi files.
Once you have located the file you saved earlier, select it and click "Open". You will be offered the confirmation box. "Install" may be greyed out initially; wait a few moments and "Install Now" will become available. If it stays grey, click once to select the window. Click "Install Now". A moment later, RTF/ODF-Scan should appear in the extensions list.
However it didn't work properly with the error message:
"The add-on "RFT/ODF scan for Zotero could not be installed. It may be incomptable with this version of Zotero Standalone."
My system is Windows 7, and with Firefox+Zotero5.0(r83) it did install and work without error.
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One more thing:
When I updated FireFox(my current version: 50.0.2), [RTF/ODF Scan] menu was changed into [RTF Scan] with [RTF/ODF Scan for Zotero plugin] on add-on list of FFX. I re-install the plugin, then [RTF/ODF Scan] menu reappeared on Zotero menu. Why this?
Thanks.
Thanks.
RTF/ODF-Scan installation goes seemingly fine, but I'm giving report ID: 1782072645
Previous times I installed Zotero and RTF/ODF-Scan it all went fine (on Win 7/10 64-bit; currently using Win 10 64-bit).
UPD: On a seccond attempt it (pasting to Zotero/translators) worked. It seems I missed something, so excuse me for the false alarm.
{Saperstein, "If Jeff Bezos really wants to fight the climate crisis, he should just pay his taxes | Guy T Saperstein", 2020}
1. How exactly are you downloading the ScannableCite.js file? Make sure you're actually downloading the raw javascript and not the whole webpage
2. Are you looking in the right place? ScannableCite is a translator, not a citation style, so will be listed further down in the list (which first lists all installed citation styles, then all installed translators alphabetically) when choosing the default output format
For that a markdown scanner is required.
One step closer via > https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-citationshttps://github.com/retorquere/zotero-citations