jerryplotnick

BTW, the problem seems to be with bibliographic entries only, not citations.

in Return of an already solved problem: page numbers in MLA 8th edition Comment by jerryplotnick November 9, 2017

Thanks. This is useful knowledge. Hopefully, then, the issues with Preview notes not showing in Adobe are, like the rest, bugs rather than a deviation from the PDF standard.

in Issues with Preview in High Sierra, and compatibility between PDF applications Comment by jerryplotnick November 8, 2017

Thanks very much. I will wait for the next Zotero update or download the plugin if I need this working before the update. I just came across another glitch that may have to do with processor code rather than the csl. When there is both an editor an…

in How to create a modified version of a style and keep the original Comment by jerryplotnick November 6, 2017

Right, that is what I thought. Thanks for escalating, which is what I assume you just did?

in How to create a modified version of a style and keep the original Comment by jerryplotnick November 4, 2017

That workaround appears to introduce one new problem as it solves an old one. Now two initials side by side no longer have a space between them, where they did before. Smith, A. Ben, and Andy B.J. Jones. “Test.” Written Communication, vol. 7, no. 2…

in How to create a modified version of a style and keep the original Comment by jerryplotnick November 4, 2017

Here's a screenshot of my entry: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fn7hvbdk770lknl/no space between abbreviations and names.png?dl=0 Note that I do have a space between A. and Ben. Are you unable to reproduce the issue? Here are some of the bibliographi…

in How to create a modified version of a style and keep the original Comment by jerryplotnick November 3, 2017

Thanks, that worked, and, yes, my not changing the id was the main issue. I have managed to make the few modifications to the MLA 8th edition that I need at the moment with only a rudimentary knowledge of csl. The one thing I wasn't able to address…

in How to create a modified version of a style and keep the original Comment by jerryplotnick November 3, 2017

Thanks.

in Deleting attachments from hard drive Comment by jerryplotnick October 18, 2017

Thanks. I completed missed that. I had tried to locate a command with Trash in it on the Help menu, and nothing came up. Not out of the woods yet, though. When I select multiple items in Trash, right click, and click Delete items . . . nothing happ…

in Deleting attachments from hard drive Comment by jerryplotnick October 18, 2017

Yes, this feature now works. Many thanks for seeing this through. As for MLA 8 formatting generally, things look almost as good as I would expect for the limited number of item types I have had a chance to look at. There are some issues that would …

in Changing citation style in word processor Comment by jerryplotnick October 10, 2017

I believe I did what you asked, but the problem remains for me.