Duplicate references in word

AbdullahOgluCem
Hello please help!

attached is a file showing the problem.
Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u7434487/0riaxpfmhk7w2wf1vdb2.jpg

Thank you,
Cem 
  • poettli
    What is the style you are using? Is it in a new, empty document? Are you sure "Cao et al." are the same item in your library (and not duplicates)?
  • AbdullahOgluCem
    Hello Poettli,

    the style is American Chemical Society. It is in a new empty document.
    The reference "Coa et al." is the same item in my library, as I picked it from the already cited item from the options that popped up.


  • adamsmith
    This is not American Chemical Society (not even close); it's a footnote style, likely Chicago (Note). You select a citation style for your document in the ZOtero Document prefences in Word.
  • AbdullahOgluCem
    Thyank you Adamsmith you were right about the Chicago style. I inserted the American Chemical Society style but it doesn't allow me to delete the Chicago style. That is, I have now both styles in the document
  • adamsmith
    What do you mean exactly? You should be able to switch to ACS style in the document preferences. You can't have 2 styles in a document
  • AbdullahOgluCem

    I tried to delete the Chicago style the error message showed up, the picture is in the link

    https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u7434487/igncj0utdxt4xy9gmk3d.jpg

  • migugg
    You are doing something wrong here. If you change the citation style, and then click on "refresh" in the word zotero pane, the references would not be duplicated in the footnotes, but the references in your old style would be replaced by those in the new style.
    You should never "delete" references by hand if you try to change a style. Just change a style, then "refresh".
    If anything, you delete the citations (in your case the footnote numbers) in the main text, and then the references in the footnotes would disappear.
  • adamsmith
    It looks like you tried to insert the bibliography in a footnote. That won't work. So
    1. Delete the ACS bibliography
    2. Switch back to Chicago Manual and OK
    3. Switch back to ACS style and OK -- the foonotes (now in grey) should disappear
    4. Move your cursor to the end of the document (out of the footer) and click "Add Bibliography"
  • AbdullahOgluCem

    Thanks for the directions, it is almost resolved. There is a small Chicago-style leftover of "1 1", can we get rid of that?

    https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u7434487/xp8nzlum74fgqh4llb37.jpg
  • adamsmith
    you should be able to just delete those in Word, are you not?
  • AbdullahOgluCem
    if I delete it, the numbers get mixed.

    At the very beginning when I started I changed the numbers in Chicago style to 1,2,3 because it was i, ii, iii. If you could tell me how to get it back to i,ii,iii I think this will solve the issue.
  • adamsmith
    You can set the footnote number format in Word in the References tab
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