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+ | ====== Why isn’t Zotero detecting my existing citations? ====== | ||
+ | If you've previously used one of the word processor plugins to insert citations into a document and later find that 1) the plugin says "You must insert a citation before performing this operation.", | ||
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+ | You can confirm that fields in a document are no longer active by clicking them and looking for a gray highlight (Word/ | ||
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+ | Your citations may have become inactive for a few reasons: | ||
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+ | - You used the " | ||
+ | - You saved the document in an unsupported file type: | ||
+ | * When using Word, you need to save your document as .docx. If you save as .odt, active citations will be lost. | ||
+ | * When using LibreOffice, | ||
+ | - You (or someone else) opened and saved your document using an unsupported word processor or without following proper steps to move active citations between supported word processors: | ||
+ | * **Google Docs:** If you want to open a Word or LibreOffice document in Google Docs, or vice versa, you must follow an extra step to [[/ | ||
+ | * **Other online word processors**: | ||
+ | * **Pages:** Apple Pages does not support Fields/ | ||
+ | * **Word:** If you open an .odt file (created by LibreOffice) in Word, Zotero references stored as ReferenceMarks (the default) will be broken. To share a document between Word and LibreOffice users, change the "Store Citations as:" option in the Zotero Document Preferences to Bookmarks. (Bookmarks can cause errors if accidentally modified, so they should only be used if compatibility between Word and LibreOffice is necessary. You can also choose to [[moving_documents_between_word_processors# | ||
+ | * **LibreOffice: | ||
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+ | If you find that your citations have been flattened, your only options are to restore the document from a backup, re-insert the citations using the plugin, or manually edit the document' | ||
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+ | {{tag>kb word_processors}} |