Remove dots at the end of footnotes

Ajedre0 · November 18, 2019

Hey guys and girls, I'm having a really annoying problem with Zotero while working on my bachelor thesis.

When I enter a footnote, Zotero automatically adds a dot [.] at the end of it - even when I want to continue my sentence.

Example: As noted in Hall/Stahn supra 17 at 203[.], the context of the attack ...

Now, if I remove the dot, the footnote won't automatically update anymore. If I change styles or footnote number or change to short title (quoting the same work above), I have to add the changes manually.

It's kinda frustrating.

Hope you guys can help!

Best,

Fabian

bwiernik · November 19, 2019

To embed a Zotero citation in a larger sentence, use the Prefix and Suffix fields in the Add/Edit Citation window, rather than directly typing them in Word:
https://Zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_usage#customizing_cites

To suppress punctuation between the reference note text and a suffix, add a different piece of punctuation, such as “, “.

damnation · November 19, 2019

Wouldn't it be better to just take out the dot from the footnote in the citation style?

Ajedre0 · November 19, 2019

Thanks everyone! If I add some suffixes it works, though not with a simple comma [,], more like a semicolon or double point.

@damnation I've got a specific style I'm using (Bluebook Law Review), can I just change that? Or do I have to create a new one?

Thanks again!

damnation · November 19, 2019

You can edit the code and it's very easy. Remove the suffix in line 202 of the style.
Make sure to change name, filename and ID as mentioned here:
https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step

Ajedre0 · November 19, 2019

That worked, thank you so much !!

For all: I just removed [suffix="."] completely from the code line.

Awesome, thanks again!