OpenOffice Integration - Ordering of references in multiple in-text citations

wabarr
On my Mac I have been using the Zotero OpenOffice Integration plugin 3.0b2 with OpenOffice 3.2.0. I am very pleased with most aspects, but I can't understand the ordering scheme for multiple in-text citations. Is there a way to change the behavior of how multiple in-text citations get ordered?

More details...When I insert a citation from within OpenOffice and check the box for multiple citations, I can then create a list of the citations I want with no issues. The trouble is, the insert citation editor is very basic, and there appears to be no way to order the citations once they are added to the list. I need them ordered first chronologically and then by author. If I have to go back and add an additional citation, I have to remove ALL the citations, then carefully add them back in in EXACTLY the correct order. Is there a way to control the order in which multiple in-text citations are ordered?
  • adamsmith
    the fact that they can't be re-ordered easily by hand is indeed unfortunate (improving that is planned, but not sure where they're at with that).
    In your case, thought, that shouldn't be a problem - automatic sorting does work, it just depends on the style. Most Harvard styles don't sort multi citations, nor does Chicago, but many other author-date styles like APA do.
    If you're using an established style that should sort as per style guide but doesn't, I'd be happy to fix this globally (please provide the specific passage from the guide and/or a link).
    Otherwise we can give you quick instructions on how to adjust the style locally.
  • wabarr
    Thanks for the quick response Adam. I am using the American Journal of Physical Anthropology style, which should sort chronologically according to the style sheet.

    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291096-8644/homepage/ForAuthors.html

    Relevant section = "Literature cited. In the text, references to the literature should be cited by author's surname followed by year of publication. If there are multiple citations, present them chronologically: "

    I would be very grateful if you could update the AJPA zotero style file to reflect this.

    Thanks again,

    Andrew
  • adamsmith
    edited November 10, 2010
    done - watch for the changed timestamp behind the style on the repository (that should happen some time today), then update the style by re-installing it.

    Any problems let me know.

    This might not work retro-actively for citations you have already inserted - I'm never quite sure about that - you can try switch to a different style and back - that might do it. Worst case you have to click "edit citation" for every old citation.

    Edit: And thanks for the prompt error report.
  • Simon
    Zotero 2.1, currently in beta, allows reordering citations, but this functionality is not planned to be added to 2.0.
  • adamsmith
    Simon - thanks for the update, that's great.
  • wabarr
    Thanks a lot, Adam! It works now like a charm. I did have to switch styles, then switch back, then edit the problematic citations. Luckily for me there were only a few of them.

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