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Zotero Word for Windows Integration

Changes in 3.5.2 (September 25, 2015)

  • Eliminate dynamic toolbar functionality for Word 2007 and later introduced in 3.5.1. The Insert Citation button has been replaced with an Add/Edit Citation button.
  • Clicking Add/Edit Citation when immediately adjacent to a citation now edits that citation instead of creating a new one.

Changes in 3.5.1 (September 20, 2015)

  • Add Zotero tab to ribbon and improve appearance in Word 2007 and later.
  • Word 2016 compatibility.
  • Remove XPCOM binary components.
  • Fix a bug that interfered with selection highlighting.
  • Signed by Mozilla.

Changes in 3.5.0

Zotero Word for Windows Integration 3.5.0 was not publicly released.

Changes in 3.1.20 (June 30, 2015)

  • Rewrite of Word for Windows plugin to use js-ctypes. This is enabled only for Firefox 40 and later, which no longer support XPCOM binary components. Previous versions of Firefox continue to use the old XPCOM-based plugin.
  • Localized installation preference pane.
  • Fixed an issue where error dialogs may not appear during installation.
  • Firefox 39 (and later) compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.19 (March 6, 2015)

  • Fix Windows XP compatibility when running under Firefox 36 and 37.
  • Firefox 38 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.18 (January 14, 2015)

  • Firefox 35, 36, and 37 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.17 (September 2, 2014)

  • Firefox 32, 33, and 34 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.16 (April 29, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug editing the first footnote citation in a document when there are also in-text citations present.
  • Firefox 29, 30, and 31 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.15 (December 8, 2013)

  • Firefox 26, 27, and 28 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.14 (October 29, 2013)

  • Firefox 25 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.13 (June 23, 2013)

  • Firefox 22, 23, and 24 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.12 (March 23, 2013)

  • Firefox 20 and 21 compatibility.
  • Zotero 4.0 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.11 (February 19, 2013)

  • Fixed Firefox 19 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.10 (January 26, 2013)

  • Fixed “Could not find a running Word instance” or “This command is not available because no document is open” error when editing a document residing on a network share with multiple Word instances running.
  • Word 2013 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.9 (November 16, 2012)

  • Firefox 17 and 18 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.8 (July 21, 2012)

  • Firefox 15 and 16 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.7 (May 9, 2012)

  • Fixed restoration of “Final” view in Word 2010.
  • Use locale-specific bibliography style name in Word 2007+.
  • Move insertion point past footnote references upon insert.
  • Firefox 13 and 14 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.6 (March 17, 2012)

  • Fixed issues inserting bookmarks in Firefox 10+.
  • Firefox 12 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.5 (January 30, 2012)

  • Firefox 10 and 11 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.4 (November 10, 2011)

  • Fixed editing citations in footnotes with Word 2010.
  • Fixed compatibility with Word 2000.

Changes in 3.1.3 (November 8, 2011)

  • Firefox 7, 8, and 9 compatibility.
  • Zotero 3.0b3 compatibility.
  • Compatibility with track changes.
  • Fixed an issue editing the first footnote in a document.

Changes in 3.1.2 (August 14, 2011)

  • Firefox 6 compatibility.
  • Zotero 3.0b1 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.1 (June 20, 2011)

  • Firefox 5 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1 (April 1, 2011)

  • Fixed crashes when running with Firefox 3.6 on some systems.

Changes in 3.1b1 (January 14, 2011)

  • Added support for Zotero 2.1.

Changes in 3.0b1 (October 29, 2010)

  • Fixed “Call was rejected by callee” error.
  • Fixed “That property is not available on that object” error.
  • Fixed “The command is not available because no document is open” error.

Changes in 3.0a4 (June 14, 2010)

  • Added compatibility with both 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Word 2010.

Changes in 3.0a3 (November 14, 2009)

  • Fixed communication error under certain conditions.
  • Properly restore font of surrounding text when inserting citations and bibliographies.

Changes in 3.0a2 (September 23, 2009)

  • Added compatibility with Namoroka, Flock, and Minefield.
  • Improved error handling.
  • Fixed compatibility with very old versions of Windows.
  • Fixed installation when Word Startup folder has been moved.
  • Don't show conversion dialog when inserting citations and bibliography.

Changes in 3.0a1 (September 15, 2009)

  • Initial release of third generation Word for Windows plugin.

Zotero Word for Mac Integration

Changes in 3.5.12 (August 31, 2015)

  • Signed by Mozilla.

Changes in 3.5.11 (July 15, 2015)

  • Fix communication with Zotero under Word 2016 on some systems.

Changes in 3.5.10 (July 14, 2015)

  • Fix compatibility with 32-bit Macs.

Changes in 3.5.9 (July 13, 2015)

  • Stop a harmless error message from being logged to the error console when Word 2016 is not installed.

Changes in 3.5.8 (July 13, 2015)

  • Word 2016 compatibility.
  • Localized installation preference pane.
  • Fixed an issue where error dialogs may not appear during installation.

Changes in 3.5.7 (March 23, 2013)

  • Fixed an issue where citations could remain superscripted when switching from a superscript citation style to another citation style.
  • Fixed an installation error if the Word Startup folder is not readable by the current user.
  • Throw a more explicit error if Word is missing AppleScript support due to an unfortunate interaction between Migration Assistant and Office 2008.
  • Zotero 4.0 compatibility.

Changes in 3.5.6 (November 16, 2012)

  • Improved error message when Visual Basic for Applications is not installed in Word 2011.
  • Fixed errors when the user switched documents while a citation was being inserted.
  • Fixed a small memory leak.
  • Now throws an error if the user deletes fields from the document while an update is in progress instead of shifting field codes.

Changes in 3.5.5 (July 7, 2012)

  • Fixed several issues converting among in-text citations, footnotes, and endnotes.
  • Fixed several issues using bookmarks.
  • Fixed an issue inserting a second citation into a table cell.

Changes in 3.5.4 (May 1, 2012)

  • Fixed a bug in the installation process that would cause Firefox to crash if Word was not installed.
  • Fixed a bug in the installation process that could cause Firefox to create a separate process that would hang while consuming system resources.
  • Fixed inserting an in-text citation into a note in Word 2004.
  • Fixed inserting rich text citations and bibliographies when using bookmarks.

Changes in 3.5.3 (April 15, 2012)

  • Adjust installer for changes in the location of the Word Script Menu Items folder introduced in Office 2011 SP2.
  • Properly restore full screen mode after inserting a citation.
  • Improved error handling.

Changes in 3.5.2 (March 19, 2012)

  • Fixed an issue editing citations in footnotes in Word 2008.
  • Fixed an issue adding a second citation to a footnote in Word 2008.
  • Fixed removing field codes.
  • Workaround for Word scripts not updated since Zotero Word for Mac Integration 3.0b3.

Changes in 3.5.1 (March 16, 2012)

  • Fixed an issue inserting in-text citations into footnotes.
  • Fixed an issue inserting footnote citations in Word 2008.
  • Fixed an installation issue on systems with case-sensitive file systems.

Changes in 3.5 (March 12, 2012)

  • Complete rewrite in Objective-C.
  • Firefox 11+ compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.10 (January 30, 2012)

  • Firefox 10 compatibility.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause errors when using Track Changes.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause errors when switching citation styles.

Changes in 3.1.9 (November 9, 2011)

  • Fixed editing citations, broken since 3.1.8.

Changes in 3.1.8 (November 9, 2011)

  • Fixed “Unknown property, element or command: 'show_insertions_and_deletions'” error with Word 2004
  • Fixed an error converting between in-text styles and footnote styles

Changes in 3.1.7 (November 8, 2011)

  • Firefox 9 compatibility.
  • Zotero 3.0b3 compatibility.
  • Compatibility with track changes.
  • Ask the user to authenticate if permissions for Word Startup folder are inadequate.

Changes in 3.1.6 (August 14, 2011)

  • Firefox 6 compatibility.
  • Zotero 3.0b1 compatibility.

Changes in 3.1.5 (July 21, 2011)

  • Fixed installation issue with Mac OS X 10.5, caused by the changes in 3.1.4 in conjunction with an operating system bug.

Changes in 3.1.4 (July 20, 2011)

  • Firefox 6 compatibility.
  • Fixed installation issue with Mac OS X 10.7.

Changes in 3.1.3 (June 20, 2011)

  • Firefox 5 compatibility.
  • Fixed a rare error in Word 2004.

Changes in 3.1.2 (April 1, 2011)

  • Fixed crashes when running with Firefox 3.6.

Changes in 3.1.1 (March 22, 2011)

  • Fixed compatibility with Mac OS X 10.4.
  • Update to appscript-1.0.0.

Changes in 3.1 (March 18, 2011)

  • Show incompatibility warning when run with Firefox 4 under Mac OS X 10.5.
  • Automatically install in French, Spanish, Italian, and German versions of Word.
  • Fixed incorrect text coloring when text is not black.
  • Fixed component loading error on some systems when running Firefox 4.
  • Always use included appscript module.

Changes in 3.1b2 (January 19, 2011)

  • Fixed crashes on Mac OS X 10.5.

Changes in 3.1b1 (January 14, 2011)

  • Added support for Zotero 2.1.

Changes in 3.0b7 (December 2, 2010)

  • Fixed a potential hang during Firefox startup when FlashGot is installed.

Changes in 3.0b6 (December 1, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug that could cause the Zotero toolbar not to appear in Word 2004.

Changes in 3.0b5 (October 30, 2010)

  • Fixed an error that could result in failed installation when 32-bit OSAX were installed on Snow Leopard.

Changes in 3.0b4 (October 29, 2010)

  • Direct AppleScript calls to running Word instance.
  • Fixed installation errors.
  • Fixed an error when inserting text containing entities specified in the editor that cannot be expressed as MacRoman.

Changes in 3.0b3 (June 26, 2010)

  • Fixed an issue that could cause error messages not to appear when they contain accented characters.
  • Work around an obscure AppleScript bug that could prevent Zotero Mac Word Integration from installing without a restart.

Changes in 3.0b2 (March 28, 2010)

  • Permit manual installation.
  • Fixed rare installation issues.

Changes in 3.0b1 (March 20, 2010)

  • Fixed an issue with short usernames containing spaces.

Changes in 3.0a9 (March 11, 2010)

  • Use integration pipe in /Users/Shared on Mac OS X to fix issues with networked home directories.

Changes in 3.0a8 (February 3, 2010)

  • Fixed an extension initialization that could produce a component loading error.

Changes in 3.0a7 (November 14, 2009)

  • Fixed minor installation issues.
  • Fixed issues with Snow Leopard.

Changes in 3.0a6 (November 6, 2009)

  • Fixed an issue with missing field codes.
  • Fixed an issue with non-English disk names.
  • Don't show conversion dialog when inserting citations and bibliography.

Changes in 3.0a5 (September 21, 2009)

  • Upgrade bundled appscript to 0.20.
  • Fixed installation issues on non-English language systems
  • Fixed “Application could not handle this command” error.

Changes in 3.0a4 (September 17, 2009)

  • Fixed a compatibility issue between Word for Windows and Mac Word plugins.

Changes in 3.0a3 (September 17, 2009)

  • Offer to delete corrupted pythonext installations.
  • Fixed a communication error caused by a corrupted LaunchServices database.

Changes in 3.0a2 (September 16, 2009)

  • Fixed component loading error.

Changes in 3.0a1 (September 15, 2009)

  • Initial release of third generation MacWord plugin.

Zotero LibreOffice Integration

Changes in 3.5.10 (August 31, 2015)

  • Signed by Mozilla.

Changes in 3.5.9 (March 11, 2014)

  • Fix message box display under LibreOffice 4.2+.

Changes in 3.5.8 (August 17, 2013)

  • OpenOffice 4 compatibility.
  • Improved detection of LibreOffice/OpenOffice paths when multiple versions are installed.

Changes in 3.5.7 (July 22, 2013)

3.5.7 was released for Zotero Standalone only

  • Improved detection of LibreOffice 4.1 paths.
  • Removed unnecessary files.

Changes in 3.5.6 (March 23, 2013)

  • Zotero 4.0 compatibility.

Changes in 3.5.5 (February 19, 2013)

  • Fixed superscripted styles in LibreOffice versions before 4.0 (broken since 3.5.4).
  • Fixed extraneous whitespace around footnote and superscripted citations under Windows (since 3.5.4).
  • Fixed handling of empty ReferenceMarks.

Changes in 3.5.4 (February 7, 2013)

  • LibreOffice 4 compatibility.

Changes in 3.5.3 (July 4, 2012)

  • Improved performance.
  • Fixed bustage if a Java error occurs.
  • Added common LibreOffice 3.6 paths.
  • Warn if “Unstable Features” is enabled in LibreOffice preferences.
  • Prompt to install Java on Windows if it is not installed.

Changes in 3.5.2 (February 8, 2012)

  • Fixed compatibility with LibreOffice 3.5 (requires LibreOffice 3.5.0rc3 or later).

Changes in 3.5.1 (February 2, 2012)

  • Fixed a bug that could cause heavy CPU utilization in Firefox.

Changes in 3.5 (January 30, 2012)

  • Better handling of citations in text frames.

Changes in 3.5b3 (December 22, 2011)

  • Fixed a bug that could cause Firefox to hang when adding or updating citations.

Changes in 3.5b2 (November 8, 2011)

  • Firefox 9 compatibility.
  • Zotero 3.0b3 compatibility.

Changes in 3.5b1 (August 14, 2011)

  • Firefox 6 compatibility.
  • Zotero 3.0b1 compatibility.
  • Improved installer's ability to find unopkg on Windows.
  • Fixed manual selection of unopkg location.

Changes in 3.5a2 (June 20, 2011)

  • Firefox 5 compatibility.
  • Performance improvements.
  • Prompt to install libreoffice-java-common package and JRE on Ubuntu and similar systems.

Changes in 3.5a1 (March 14, 2011)

  • Java component now loads in OpenOffice.org instead of in browser.
  • Fixed all known Java-related errors.
  • Improve installation process.

Changes in 3.1b1 (January 14, 2011)

  • Added support for Zotero 2.1.

Changes in 3.0b3 (February 10, 2011)

  • Added compatibility with OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice 3.3.

Changes in 3.0b2 (October 29, 2010)

  • Fixed repeated install attempts.

Changes in 3.0b1 (October 29, 2010)

  • Implement footnote indexing for numbered citations. Zotero references will no longer use “Ibid.” when the preceding footnote is user-generated.
  • Added support for citations within tables.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause all text following a bibliography to be erased when the bibliography was updated.

Changes in 3.0a8 (June 14, 2010)

  • Ignore unanchored citations. Unanchored citations appear to be duplicates of existing citations caused by an obscure bug in OpenOffice.org, and would previously produce a “NullPointerException” error.

Changes in 3.0a7 (March 11, 2010)

  • Use integration pipe in /Users/Shared on Mac OS X to fix issues with networked home directories.

Changes in 3.0a6 (January 23, 2010)

  • Update OpenOffice.org installation script to support Firefox 3.6.

Changes in 3.0a5 (October 14, 2009)

  • Fixed “Invalid Field Code” error message when copy and pasting citations using Bookmarks.
  • Fixed compatibility with OpenOffice.org 2.4.

Changes in 3.0a4 (September 30, 2009)

  • Fixed installation and re-installation errors.

Changes in 3.0a3 (September 23, 2009)

  • Improve automatic recognition of OpenOffice.org paths.
  • Added compatibility with Namoroka, Flock, and Minefield.
  • Added compatibility with the IcedTea/OpenJDK OJI Java plugin on Linux.

Changes in 3.0a2 (September 16, 2009)

  • Fixed errors when non-Zotero Bookmarks or ReferenceMarks were used within a document.

Changes in 3.0a1 (September 15, 2009)

  • Initial release of third generation OpenOffice.org plugin.
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