Just chiming in to say that I also rely on the ODT Scan to make Scrivener and Zotero be friends. My only option now is downgrading to Zotero 6 which is obviously not ideal. Otherwise I'm at a loss - and in the middle of a big writing project (with lots of scannable cites already included). I've been a huge fan of Zotero since the beginning, and I added Scrivener to my workflow relatively recently, only after carefully making sure it could be done (albeit awkwardly through ODT Scan, but there was a way). Thank you!
It has instructions on how to use BetterBibTex and DocDown.
Make sure to set your Scrivener compile for MultiMarkdown, and, in the compile preferences, check the box to Convert rich text to markdown.
The workflow becomes: write with quickcite in Scrivener, compile to markdown, use DocDown to convert to docx, open in Word with live Zotero citations for formatting etc.
Any updates on this? I'm another years-long Scrivener user who has depended on ODF/RTF scan for my academic writing... I've been using Zotero 6 to keep my workflow functional but am considering switching workflows to the one mentioned above to upgrade to Zotero 7.
I have tried @aschock 's workflow, but it does not seem to work for me. I still get only formatted plain text, not interactive Zotero links in my final document. Maybe I am missing something (I hope so), but automatic Bibliographies or quick switches between citation styles are impossible this way.
I have chosen to use Zotero 6 instead. You CAN have two versions of Zotero on a Mac at the same time. Download Zotero 6 from the 'other versions' dropdown, but rename the app before dragging it into your applications folder, so id does not overwrite Zotero 7.
Make sure to close Zotero 7 before opening 6, they CANNOT run at the same time. 6 will automatically use the same database/library/plugins as 7.
That also means, that ODF scan will be disabled at first. Simply remove it from your plugin list and install the .xpi again.
After extensive searching, my sense is that this post describes the best way to replace ODF/RTF functionality in Scrivener. In many ways, it's an improvement:
The one change I made is to use a "Better CSL JSON" library when exporting my library with BetterBibTex, which then requires that you slightly edit the "arguments" line so that the correct library path is provided, e.g.:
At this point, rather than wait for RTF/ODF to be updated, which seems unlikely, it seems like the best option would be to convert every "Scannable Cite" to "Better BibTeX Citation Keys."
I would do this by hand, but I literally have thousands of scannable cites in my manuscripts. Does anyone know whether a script already exists to do this? Or how hard it would be to implement?
If a script like this were available, I think we could say this issue was resolved.
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You can use this page!
https://github.com/lowercasename/docdown
It has instructions on how to use BetterBibTex and DocDown.
Make sure to set your Scrivener compile for MultiMarkdown, and, in the compile preferences, check the box to Convert rich text to markdown.
The workflow becomes: write with quickcite in Scrivener, compile to markdown, use DocDown to convert to docx, open in Word with live Zotero citations for formatting etc.
That sounds very promising. Thank you for the suggestion!
I have tried @aschock 's workflow, but it does not seem to work for me. I still get only formatted plain text, not interactive Zotero links in my final document. Maybe I am missing something (I hope so), but automatic Bibliographies or quick switches between citation styles are impossible this way.
I have chosen to use Zotero 6 instead. You CAN have two versions of Zotero on a Mac at the same time. Download Zotero 6 from the 'other versions' dropdown, but rename the app before dragging it into your applications folder, so id does not overwrite Zotero 7.
Make sure to close Zotero 7 before opening 6, they CANNOT run at the same time. 6 will automatically use the same database/library/plugins as 7.
That also means, that ODF scan will be disabled at first. Simply remove it from your plugin list and install the .xpi again.
Done. You can now use the scan like always.
https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/zotero-integration-plugin-workflow-at-least/146591/16
The one change I made is to use a "Better CSL JSON" library when exporting my library with BetterBibTex, which then requires that you slightly edit the "arguments" line so that the correct library path is provided, e.g.:
--lua-filter=zotero.lua --citeproc --output <$outputname>.docx --bibliography /Users/[username]/.local/share/pandoc/myibrary.json <$inputfile>
I would do this by hand, but I literally have thousands of scannable cites in my manuscripts. Does anyone know whether a script already exists to do this? Or how hard it would be to implement?
If a script like this were available, I think we could say this issue was resolved.