Timline on Mac Word 2004 plugin?

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  • there is a slight misunderstanding here. There are two different syncing processes:
    One is _always_ through the Zotero server.
    It's very straightforward - you go into your preferences (in the gears menu) put in your username and password (same as for this forum) and then you can use the green cycle symbol on the right of your zotero panel to sync manually from all your computers. The default settings should work fine.
    Since syncing is still beta I'd suggest backing up your database(s) before that.
    The information will all be on the Zotero server.

    For a number of reasons (server space not least) this does _not_ include syncing your attachments (i.e. snapshots and pdfs and whatever files you have attached). For that you need a separate WebDAV. You will need to activate that in the preferences. For any further questions on this, please refer to an appropriate thread, so that this one remains on the Word 2004 plugin.
  • Hi,
    I´m running Mac OS X 10.5 and Word 2004 for Mac. Unfortunatly I upgraded from Zotero 1.0 to 2.0. Now I can´t get the above mentiond word integration to work. I downloaded it and as I tried to start the skript reader there was a syntaxmistake. I´m not to familiar to all this so maybe you can help me out.
    Do I have to downgrade somehow? Thanks
  • eva: You tried installing the experimental version? If so, what happened, exactly? What was the exact error you received?
  • Dan: Yes the experimental version.

    The error in german:

    Syntaxfehler -
    Es wurde „Zeilenende, etc.“ erwartet, aber ein „„"““ wurde gefunden.
  • And what are you doing, exactly, to trigger this error? What are you clicking on, etc.?
  • I downloaded the version and opened the .py-files with the skripteditor but as I click "ausführen" the error-message appears.
  • edited July 28, 2009
    Why are you opening .py files? In Word 2004, all you should need to do is run the installer and click the Zotero buttons on the Word toolbar. If you don't see the Zotero buttons after installation, make sure the Zotero toolbar is enabled.
  • I tried it because there was no Zotero toolbar in Word and I could not find it via view > toolbars. Or how do I enable the toolbar?
  • edited July 28, 2009
    You should see it in View->Toolbars, but it's possible the installation won't work properly on non-English copies of Word.

    Did you restart Word after installation?

    Do you have an /Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office/Startup/Word folder?

    Do you see Zotero.dot within it?
  • Yes I restarted Word after installation.

    What I do have is:

    Library/ Application Support/ Zotero/ Word 2004 / Word 2004.py

    or

    Microsoft Office 2004/ Office / Start/ Word/


    but I could not find a Zotero.dot

    Is there any hope for the german Word copie?
  • Open Script Editor (/Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor) and paste in the following code:

    tell application "Finder"
    try
    set mswd to application file "Microsoft Word" of folder "Microsoft Office 2004" of (path to applications folder)
    on error
    set mswd to application file id "MSWD"
    end try
    set startupFolder to POSIX path of ((folder "Word" of folder "Startup" of folder "Office" of folder of mswd) as alias)
    end tell

    Then press Run. What output do you see in the bottom half of the window?
  • Again an Error:
    Apple-Skript Error
    «class cfol» "Word" of «class cfol» "Startup" of «class cfol» "Office" of «class cfol» of «class appf» "Microsoft Word" of «class cfol» "Microsoft Office 2004" of «class cfol» "Applications" of «class sdsk» of application "Finder" kann nicht in Typ alias umgewandelt werden.
  • OK, that's why Zotero.dot didn't install correctly.

    What's the output for this?

    tell application "Finder"
    try
    set startupFolder to POSIX path of ((folder "Word" of folder "Startup" of folder "Office" of folder of application file "Microsoft Word" of folder "Microsoft Office 2004" of (path to applications folder)) as alias)
    on error
    try
    set startupFolder to POSIX path of ((folder "Startup" of folder "Office" of folder of application file "Microsoft Word" of folder "Microsoft Office 2004" of (path to applications folder)) as alias)
    on error
    try
    set startupFolder to POSIX path of ((folder "Office" of folder of application file "Microsoft Word" of folder "Microsoft Office 2004" of (path to applications folder)) as alias)
    on error
    try
    set startupFolder to POSIX path of ((application file "Microsoft Word" of folder "Microsoft Office 2004" of (path to applications folder)) as alias)
    on error
    try
    set startupFolder to POSIX path of ((folder "Microsoft Office 2004" of (path to applications folder)) as alias)
    on error
    try
    set startupFolder to POSIX path of ((path to applications folder) as alias)
    on error
    try
    set startupFolder to POSIX path of ((application file id "MSWD") as alias)
    on error
    set startFolder to "Fail"
    end try
    end try
    end try
    end try
    end try
    end try
    end try
    end tell
  • The putput is:

    "/Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office/"
  • So when you said "Microsoft Office 2004/ Office / Start/ Word/" above, you really meant "Start", not "Startup"? There's only a Start folder, not a Startup folder?

    Can anyone else with a German (or other non-English) copy of Office 2004 check whether this is the case in their installation as well? I see only two references to that path in Google, and many for Startup.
  • That´s right I don´t have a Startup folder.
  • Create a Startup folder in that directory and a Word folder within it, rerun the installer, restart Word, and see if the toolbar shows up in Word.

    If it doesn't, try moving the Zotero.dot file from Startup/Word to Start/Word.
  • That works!!!!!!!
    Without moving it into Start/Word.

    Thank you so much!!!!!
  • OK, great. I'm not sure why you had a "Start" folder, but it sounds like we can create Startup/Word in the installer if it doesn't exist.
  • Hi, I have installed the experimental plugin for Word 2004 (french version) for Mac.
    The Zotero toolbar won't show up unless I open the zotero.dot template in office/startup/word.
    This allows me to use "cite as you write" in the template itself but I can't save the document as a .doc, it will only let me save as another .dot.
    Zotero does not appear in the "View - toolbar" menu either. Any suggestions?
  • Vivre en Ville: You don't want to open the .dot file directly.

    Do you see any other directories under the Microsoft Office 2004 folder that might be localized versions of the expected ones?

    In the Word preferences, File Locations, is Startup set to anything?
  • In preferences, Startup isn't set to anything

    As for alternate directories, "Démarrer" is the french translation to "Startup" and there are other .dot files in the Word folder, such as pdfmaker.dot.

    Thanks
  • Sorry, could you clarify? So there is a "Microsoft Office 2004/Office/Démarrer" folder, and "Microsoft/Office/Démarrer/Word" contains pdfmaker.dot?
  • Sorry for the confusion,

    Yes, there is a
    Office/Startup/Word/zotero.dot

    and a
    Office/Demarrer/Word/pdfmaker.dot
  • have you tried putting zotero.dot into Demarrer - that should work.
  • Yay! Indeed. Thank you so much!
  • @Vivre - which installation instructions did you follow? (or did you use an installer)?
    I'm trying to see if we could improve documentation so that other people with similar problems can figure this out themselves.
  • We're going to try to fix the installer, either by checking for hard-coded directories (if we can find a list) or by getting the directory programatically.
  • Thanks adamsmith,

    Here are some thoughts: your "compatibility table" says the 2.0 Beta version is compatible with Word for Mac 2004 but the link below for the plugin leads to a page where only the Word 2008 compatibility plugin is available.

    I only found the Word 2004 for mac plugin link in a comment by Simon (april 7) on this thread.

    From there, the wizard did all the installing. I carefully read this whole thread for troubleshooting info before I asked for help but it might be worth noting somewhere in the "support" section that the zotero.dot template should be placed in the "Startup" directory identified in whatever language one's Word version is.

    Looking forward to "citing as I write"
  • The compatibility table was changed prematurely. The 2004 plugin for 2.0 will be released as soon as we work out these issues with the installer, at which point it'll appear on the installation page.
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