Zotero and Google docs

timbrochier · February 13, 2009

Hello,
is there a way to use Zotero with google docs to get the (author, date) citation style,
with complete reference at the bottom of the document?
I did not find this information on the Zotero home page...
Thank you,
Timothée

dstillman · February 13, 2009

See the end of the Zotero and Google Tools screencast. I'm not sure it says this, but you can drag citations (instead of references) by holding down Shift.

fccoelho · October 7, 2009

@Dan: The link to the screencast is broken.

Rintze · October 7, 2009

http://www.zotero.org/support/screencast_tutorials/zotero_and_google_tools

fccoelho · November 24, 2009

Drag and drop seem to be broken on my firefox 3.5.5/zotero2.0b7.4 system.

can any one confirm this?
I have use this feature before, but now it fails silently. No error messages.

maroonhoya · December 10, 2009

@fccoelho

I'm having the same problem re: drag and drop.

dstillman · December 10, 2009

External drag-and-drop doesn't currently work on Linux. Actually, this is just an intra-Firefox drag should work on Linux.

cnwarren · December 10, 2009

Thanks, Dan. Any reason to think there might be a similar issue with Vista/Firefox 3.5.5/Zotero 2.0b7.6?

dstillman · December 10, 2009

This is about Quick Copy in general and isn't really related to Google Docs (and, actually, should work on Linux too, I believe). Have you made sure you have a style selected in the Export pane of the Zotero prefs? If so, provide a Report ID and Debug ID for the drag attempt.

oliverjohnt · April 23, 2010

The drag options aren't working for me either (sorry, can't seem to figure out how to get a Report ID or Debug ID. It just doesn't work. It doesn't freeze or meltdown or anything.)

But I must say, I'm finding it reasonably helpful to use keyboard shortcuts (CTRL+ALT+C to copy an end-of-document reference and CTRL+ALT+A to copy an in-text citation).