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We're in the process of updating the documentation for Zotero 5.0. Some documentation may be outdated in the meantime. Thanks for your understanding.

Knowledge Base

Basic Zotero Usage and Troubleshooting

Can I open snapshots in a new tab or window? (Zotero for Firefox)

Can I still use Zotero when I can't install Firefox?

Does Zotero offer installable packages of Zotero Standalone for specific Linux distributions?

Does Zotero support non-Western characters?

File Handling Issues

How can I use the Chrome or Safari Connectors with Zotero for Firefox?

How do I change Zotero preferences?

How do I change the font size of text in Zotero's user interface?

How do I change the language of Zotero's user interface?

How do I change the size of my Zotero pane?

How do I open and close my Zotero pane?

How do I uninstall Zotero?

Library Item Overview

Sharing data directory between Zotero Standalone and Zotero for Firefox

What does “Zotero” mean?

What is the difference between Links and Snapshots?

What version of Zotero do I have?

Why am I getting a database version error?

Why am I getting an "unresponsive script warning"?

Why can't I access a proxied site when the Zotero Connector is enabled?

Why don't I see any tabs in the right-hand column after selecting an item in the middle column?

Why is there no Zotero button in the Firefox toolbar after installing or upgrading Zotero for Firefox?

Why isn't Firefox detecting Zotero updates?

Zotero 5.0 Keyboard Shortcuts

Zotero Connector: “Zotero is currently unavailable.”

Zotero doesn't open when I click the Zotero status bar icon or select "Zotero" from the Firefox Tools menu.

Zotero seems to be “phoning” home without telling me what it’s doing. What’s going on?

Getting Stuff into your Library

A snapshot only captures the first of multiple pages of a New York Times article. How do I get Zotero to capture the full article?

Google Scholar (or some other site) locked me out after using Zotero to save items. What happened?

How can I edit item metadata?

How can I import from Citavi?

How do I add a letter or memo?

How do I add an archival or other unpublished source?

How do I add an edited volume or a book chapter?

How do I attach a file or web page to an item?

How do I automatically add a book?

How do I automatically add an article?

How do I import records from EndNote?

How do I import references into Zotero?

How do I manually add a bibliographic item?

How do I save my work?

How does the Import from Clipboard feature work?

I have bibliographies in Microsoft Word documents, PDFs, and other text files. Can I import them into my Zotero library?

My snapshot is unreadable because flash ads appear on top of article text. How do I get a better snapshot?

Sometimes the icon for a book/article/etc doesn’t appear in the address bar right away. What’s going on?

Why doesn't Zotero offer to save complete data from a webpage?

Why don't I see a Zotero icon in the address bar when viewing a webpage?

Zotero Item Types and Fields

[deprecated] How do I import my EndNote library, complete with attached PDFs?

Organizing your Library

Can I change the way items are sorted in my library?

How can I see how many items I have in my Zotero library?

How can I see what collections my item is in?

How do I merge tags?

How do I organize my notes into an outline?

How do I sort my notes by page number?

I have two Zotero libraries. How can I combine them?

What ways can I organize and manage my collections?

Syncing

"Error connecting to server. Check your Internet connection."

"SSL certificate error connecting to api.zotero.org"

Do annotations of snapshots sync?

How can I access my library from multiple computers? Can I store my Zotero library and associated files on an external drive?

List of WebDAV services

Sync Server Reset Options

Why am I getting the message "Attached file could not be found. It may have been moved or deleted." when I try to open a file on a synced computer?

Why aren't changes I make syncing between multiple computers and/or zotero.org?

Why do I keep getting file sync errors while syncing?

Why does Zotero keep asking me to reconcile the same conflicts whenever I sync?

Word Processor Plugins

Can I prevent the "Add Citation" dialog from the word processor plugins from moving behind the word processor window?

Where is the Zotero toolbar in Word for Mac 2008?

Citation Formatting

Can I use Firefox and Zotero in one language and create bibliographies in another?

DOI format in APA style

Does Zotero support label/authorship trigraph styles, like [ddb98]?

How can subsequent occurences of the same author replaced by a fixed term/symbol?

How do I prevent Title Casing of non-English titles in bibliographies?

How do I use rich text formatting, like italics and sub/superscript, in titles?

How do you cite a secondary source in Zotero?

I need to use Chicago style. Which of the three versions that come with Zotero should I use?

I'm the publisher/editor of a journal. What can I do to have Zotero support our style?

Journal Abbreviations

Missing Italics (or Italics-Only) in Word Bibliographies

References appear in the wrong font in Word/LibreOffice

Standard Citation Styles

What are these DOIs doing in my bibliography?

What is the official Harvard style?

Why do some citations include first names or initials, and how can I prevent this from happening?

Why don't titles show up in sentence case in bibliographies?

Wie kann man die Großschreibung von Verben, Adjektiven etc. für nicht englischsprachige Titel in der Bibliographie verhindern?

Uncategorized

"[Proxy or WebDAV URL] uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is not trusted because […]"

Can I use Zotero's highlighting and annotation tools on PDFs?

Default translators

Does Zotero work with Multiprocess Firefox (a.k.a. Electrolysis, e10s)?

How can I move my Zotero library to a different computer?

How can I use Zotero with a SOCKS proxy?

How do I create a bibliography?

How do I export my Zotero library?

How do I get my Zotero collection to work with an Exhibit or Citeline presentation?

How do I print my Zotero references and notes?

How do I turn off automatic capitalization?

How does Zotero parse things in the name fields?

Import/Export Field Mappings

Restoring Zotero after using "Refresh Firefox"

Using Zotero to create COinS so you can embed metadata in your website

Where are the link and snapshot buttons in Zotero 2.0?

Why do I no longer see a Save to Zotero option in the Firefox open/save dialog?

Why do I see code beginning with ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION in my Word document instead of formatted citations?

Wie kann ich meine Zotero Bibliothek auf einen anderen Comuter übertragen?

Zotero and Wikipedia/ Wikidata

Zotero and the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)

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