problem with keybord shortcut for citing in word 2008

bert w. · April 7, 2010

Hi,

I'm using zotero 2.0 with word mac 2008 but the keybord shortcuts for adding a citation in the text or to create the bibliography are not working, so for every citation I have to go in the menu now.

Anyone knows how to solve this problem?

Thanks.

anders_royce · April 7, 2010

Have you checked your preferences? I don't know if Mac Word is different, but this article might be what you are looking for: kb:keyboard_shortcuts_in_word_plugin [Zotero Documentation]

bert w. · April 7, 2010

Thanks for you answer. But I can't customize the macros (the choice "macros" doesn't appear in the "category" box). Probably because it is 2008 and not 2007?

bert w. · April 12, 2010

Nobody?

dstillman · April 12, 2010

The shortcut keys in Word 2008 are listed in the script menu—are you sure you're entering them correctly? They use Control and Option.

bert w. · April 12, 2010

Thanks for your remark Dan, I tried some other combinations and the good one is ctrl+alt+A. I can start writing now!

dstillman · April 12, 2010

Alt is a Windows key, and Option is the proper way of referring to that on OS X, but yes.

bert w. · April 12, 2010

Ok, but then they shouldn't write "alt" on that key...

dstillman · April 12, 2010

I don't know what keyboard you're using, but on Apple keyboards Option is printed in large text and Alt is in small text.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1343

Closing this thread now.