Upgrade StorageNature style bibliography numbering issue
Hey all -
When I use the Nature citation style and try to copy/paste into word, the numbers take up their own line instead of lining up with the actual citations. When I export to an HTML page the format works, and when I look at preview in Zotero the format works, but it doesn't translate into Word. I tried on my Mac, my Windows computer at work, and Google Docs on both, it's all the same issues. Does anyone know how to deal with this?
When I use the Nature citation style and try to copy/paste into word, the numbers take up their own line instead of lining up with the actual citations. When I export to an HTML page the format works, and when I look at preview in Zotero the format works, but it doesn't translate into Word. I tried on my Mac, my Windows computer at work, and Google Docs on both, it's all the same issues. Does anyone know how to deal with this?
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bwiernikThis is controlled by the Word processor, not Zotero. In Word, edit the "Bibliography" document style (https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Customize-or-create-new-styles-in-Word-d38d6e47-f6fc-48eb-a607-1eb120dec563) to change the tab width or just select the bibliography text and adjust the tab stops (https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Set-clear-or-remove-tab-stops-06969E0F-2C81-4FE0-8DF5-88F18087A8E0). Similar adjustments are possible in Google Docs.
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itsmelaurencSo I tried both and it didn't fix the problem - it's as if there is an "enter" after every number.
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bwiernikCan you turn on the Paragraph Formatting marks and take a screenshot, then upload to Dropbox or Imgur or similar and post a link here?
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itsmelaurencYes! https://i.imgur.com/97mjkbs.png
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adamsmithThis is a longstanding issue with how Word and Google doc interpret HTML from the clipboard. The only way to copy&paste such bibliographies is to save them to RTF, open in Word & then save. RTF is also what the Word/Google Doc add-on uses, so those formats work, too.
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itsmelaurencHey, that worked! Thanks so much!!
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ecp52If you want to retain hyperlinks to doi or url, you can preview the bibliography using 'Preferences:cite:Zotero style preview' ...and copying from preview into Word-- that resolved the issue with line numbers for me (Word 2016 on Windows 10)
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