Available for beta testing: Add annotations directly to word processor documents

dstillman Zotero Team
edited 19 days ago
In the latest Zotero beta, the word processor plugins feature a new Add Annotation button that lets you insert one or more annotations directly into your document, with active Zotero citations that automatically generate bibliography entries.

Previously, you could add annotations to Zotero notes and insert notes into your document with active citations, but it's no longer necessary to create an intermediate note if you prefer to work directly in your word processor.

Add Annotation opens a new mode in the citation dialog that expands attachments to show individual annotations. You can browse or search for annotations, choose one or more, and then add them to your document, along with active citations and any comments you added. Image and ink annotations are inserted as images.

We hope this helps create a seamless workflow in which you can save files into Zotero, annotate them in the reader, and insert those annotations directly into your document with proper citations.
  • MTEDI
    Just to say that, from my perspective, this is a highly useful feature that will speed up my work flow significantly. The new annotation functionality (now implemented in Zotero 9) works really well - many thanks to the developers for their incredible work!
  • hathaway0
    edited today at 6:40am
    Thank you for your prompt reply. That was my mistake. What I meant was that in the “Add Annotation” feature, text-only annotations do not include citations by default, so they cannot be added to the bibliography and must be inserted manually. In contrast, annotations with images include citations by default, so this issue does not arise. As shown in the image below, the text annotation at the top has no citation, while the image annotation at the bottom includes a citation (highlighted). I am raising this point in response to the statement in the “Zotero 9 announcement”: “The word processor plugins now feature a new Add Annotation button that lets you insert one or more annotations directly into your document, with active Zotero citations that automatically generate bibliography entries.” I request that, in future updates, text-only annotations also include citations. Thank you again.
    https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u7760383/s2rzfni70k7uv7gzqzj9.png
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