Zotero problems citing and referencing bibliography correctly (APA7th)

igleal
edited August 7, 2024
Hello, community.

I have been having problems with my Zotero for months.

With my configuration correctly done (APA7th), Zotero does not paste the copied bibliography (Ctrl+Shift+C) nor the citation (Ctrl+Shift+A) correctly.

E.g.: instead of showing the citation "(Potter, 2021)" as it should, it shows "Potter, Digital Media Effects". The same applies to the bibliographic reference, which does not follow APA7th correctly.

Hopefully I won't have to reinstall Zotero, as the configuration and add-on adjustments I have had to make are numerous.

Thanks so much for commenting if this happens to you or if you have a possible solution!
  • poettli
    Could you share a screenshot of the right panel for this item? Also, could you confirm that APA 7 is selected under Settings, Export, Quick Copy?
  • damnation
    edited August 7, 2024
    Don't wait for months and be frustrated. We're here to help. ;)

    How come you want to do this via Copy/Paste?
    Where are you using these citations? If it's a Word processor, then why not use the Word Addon?

    Please also provide a screenshot of the item from within Zotero that you're trying to cite.

  • igleal
    edited August 7, 2024
    Hello again.

    Thank you very much for the very quick response and willingness to help.

    I've been waiting, thinking it might be a bug in some update (although it didn't seem to have been updated).

    I was recording a demo video and realised that the problem was in the "Export" tab. I don't understand why, but somewhere along the line it's gone out of configuration.

    I wish I had asked you before I had to do the refrence list of my PhD thesis by hand because of this misconfiguration :')

    Thank you very much! You are amazing. Have a wonderful week.
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