German "umlaute" imported to Zotero

xsara
Hi,

i just started using Zotero and tried to import my existing libraries from endnote. As Im from Germany I have several Titles with the German letters ä ü and ö. In the TXT file they are shown properly but when I import to Zotero, they go to ? ³ and things like that. Where is my fault?

Greetz
Xsara
  • mheim
    This is only a suggestion, but you might try changing the txt-file encoding from ANSI (which it probably is) to Unicode or UTF-8.
    In windows, open in the Editor and do a File->Save As, then select a different encoding in the dropdown-list of the File-Dialogue.
  • xsara
    Thx alot, as far as i can see it by now, it worked.
  • mobbig
    Hey,

    I'm from Germany too and since the new release I have the same problem. I'm not working with endnote, but when I try to export a bibliography into rtf, the umlaute ü,ö,ä get changed. Ä is "\uc0\u228" for example.
    I'm working on a mac. When I change the rtf into txt it looses the formatting, so what can I do, to keep the format, but change the umlaute?

    Thanks for your help!

    Yours, Moritz
  • dstillman
    when I try to export a bibliography into rtf, the umlaute ü,ö,ä get changed
    Fixed in the latest dev build, thanks.
  • mobbig
    Thanks a lot for this very fast answer! You are right. It works fine in all bibliography styles. Only the american psychological society style still produces strange signs instead of ü,ö,ä. Since I'm not a programmer I don't really understand why. Thanks again. Zotero is just great! Yours, Moritz
  • Juliane_1
    Hello,
    I have a similiar problem. In my Zotero library I have some authors with ü,ö,ä (which are correctly displayed). But when I cite them in word, zotero gives me instead of ö an "o" and a little box.
    In the editor (when selecting a reference) the name is also correctly written with ö.
    I am using Mac with a German version of word 2004.
    if anyone can help that would be great!
    Best, Juliane
  • dstillman
    Juliane: This is a very old thread, and your issue isn't related. Please start a new thread.

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