Word plug-in switching into All Markup when adding or editing citations

t.hrynick
I've been trying to just ignore and get on with my work in the face of this annoying problem, but it's now driving me up the wall.

I am mostly working in Tracked Changes of a word document, but prefer Simple Markup view most of the time. When I add or edit a citation with the Zotero plug-in, the document automatically switches into All Markup which results in the display showing a different part of the paper to the bit I'm actually adding or editing a citation to (due to there being many changes in the document and making it considerably longer when in All Markup mode). Then I have to scroll through to find my spot again and/or manually switch back into Simple Markup.

Is there any way to stop Word from switching into All Markup? I'm using Office 365, so it should be the latest version... Had a look at some older posts, but didn't find anything particularly helpful other than to tell word not to show insertions and deletions when in All Markup. I'd rather not do this though because I do actually switch into All Markup every so often and want to see the insertions and deletions, and I don't want to have to deal with the extra step of toggling the options of what should be shown when I do this.

thanks!
  • LSCurran
    I am also seeking a solution to this problem. At first it was a minor annoyance, but as I'm getting stuck into formulating and writing my ideas for my thesis I'm really being taken out of my frame of mind and losing my train of thought.
  • adomasven
    When Zotero inserts citations it needs to be in no markup mode and after that Zotero turns markup back on if it was enabled before the insertion. Problem is Simple Markup has been added in a relatively recent version of Word and there is no API to choose between All Markup and Simple Markup, so unfortunately that's the behaviour Zotero has and currently there's nothing we can do about it.
  • t.hrynick
    Bummer. Well, I hope they'll take notice of this and hopefully change it soon. I'm finding it very distracting.
  • FrankMeegan
    I seem to have found a fix for this (for now, we'll see). I am using Microsoft Office 365 for Mac OS. I went into the Word Preferences (Options for Windows users I think) and went to Ribbon and Toolbar preferences (maybe "customize ribbon" for PC.) I then went to "Quick Access Toolbar" and in the dropdown there were "Review tab" shortcuts. I added the "Markup" options to the quick access toolbar and saved changes. (Some of that may be worded differently in the Windows version).

    Then the markup options appear in a little icon at the very top of the window of my word document, next to a "Save" icon "Print" icon etc. It's a little drop down and I turned off all the comments, edits etc. I then have done a Zotero citation and it did not turn the markups back on. The markup has remained off after adding three Zotero citations. Let's hope that sticks! Good luck everyone. That the default is for every Zotero addition to trigger the markup is insane and they should fix that.
  • mschwarze
    This happens to me also (Word Mac). When I select "no markup" (not "simple markup"!) and add a citation, "all markup" is enabled automatically. This is really frustrating. Is this not something that can be solved on Zotero's side? Or am I doing something wrong? Many thanks.
  • adomasven
    @mschwarze It seems that track changes markup display is slightly buggy in the latest version of Mac Word (16.49) unfortunately. If you chose "Original" in the Review -> Tracking in Word then Zotero shouldn't trigger display of tracked changes, but Word appears to be reporting wrong state to Zotero if there are any review notes in the doc. It is likely this will be resolves by Microsoft in the next few versions of Word.
  • Twenty12
    @FrankMeegan 's solution worked perfectly for me on my Mac. Thanks for sharing.
  • CSPayton
    Seconding that @FrankMeegan 's solution worked perfectly for me on my Mac. This has been a godsend solution for my dissertation.
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