Zotero error. item missing in library

dprawel
I'm getting an error that Zotero experienced an error updating my doc. An item in this document is missing from my library. How can I find which item is missing? It is somehow locked and I can't do anything with Zotero and this document. It works fine on other docs. Thanks.
  • adamsmith
    What's the exact error you're getting?
    If it's the one I think it is, Zotero should highlight the item in question
  • dprawel
    yeah, it's saying Item 2 in the highlighted citation no longer exists in my database. Do I want to select an alternative. I say yes and I get the error I posted. I can't see any highlighted citation. BUt we are using yellow highlights in our collaborative process to mark things we need to come back to. WOuld it be a yellow highlight?
  • dprawel
    where would it highlight, in the list of references in Zotero or in the document?
  • adamsmith
    No, it'd be grey shaded and the cursor should scroll to the location of the citation in the Zotero document (not the reference list)
  • dprawel
    doesn't seem to be that way. But thanks for pointing me to where to look. If I "unlink citations", can I go in and replace everything to clean it up? I would like to find the offending citation though.
  • adamsmith
    unlink citations converts all citations into regular text, completely detached from Zotero -- I'm not sure why that'd help you clean things up?
  • dprawel
    yeah I was afraid of this. Not very good step forward. Well, thanks for your advice. I'll mess around more with it.

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