Importing BetterBibTex citation keys into Overleaf

k2smith
edited May 28, 2019
I have been using BetterBibTex to rename my citation keys in line with the Google Scholar format and that used by my team members, and would like to use the automatic integration between Zotero and Overleaf to import my library into a shared LaTex file without needing to pick out specific references.

However, whenever I do so, the .bib file imported into Overleaf uses the standard Zotero citation keys ({author}_{firsttitle}_{year}) rather than the custom citation keys from BetterBibTex. Is there any way to use these custom keys when linking my library to Overleaf?

Thanks!
  • emilianoeheyns
    Several ways in fact:

    * If you pin the citekeys in BBT (you can pin them in bulk), they'll show up in Overleaf
    * You can use BBT auto-export and get them to Overleaf using their Dropbox sync
    * You can use BBT auto-export and get them to Overleaf using their git support
  • k2smith
    Ah - I did not know about the pinning, but that was a simple fix. Thank you!
  • alnlhsts
    Please what means "pin the citekeys in BBT", how is it done?
  • emilianoeheyns
    Right-click the item, Better BibTeX -> Pin, or in preferences, search for "automatically pin" in the preferences and set it to a non-0 value, which will have BBT do that action automatically that number of seconds after an item is changed.
  • alnlhsts
    Many thanks Emiliano, it worked perfectly
    for the French users :
    * Right clic the item, Better BibTex -> "Verrouiller la clé de citation"
    * Paramètres -> Better BibTex -> "Epingler automatiquement le clé de citation après coup", set a non zero value
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