Knowledge Base#
Basic Zotero Usage and Troubleshooting#
- Can I still use Zotero if I can’t install programs on my computer?
- Does Zotero offer installable packages of Zotero for specific Linux distributions?
- Does Zotero support non-Western characters?
- File Handling Issues
- How can I quickly switch between Zotero and my browser, PDF viewer, and/or word processor?
- How do I change the font size of text in Zotero?
- How do I change the language of Zotero’s user interface?
- How do I change Zotero settings?
- How Do I Install Zotero on a Chromebook?
- How do I uninstall Zotero?
- I upgraded to Zotero 5.0 and now my data is missing! How do I get it back?
- Is the Zotero web library the same as the Zotero desktop app?
- Library Item Overview
- What do I do if my Zotero database is corrupted?
- What is the difference between Links and Snapshots?
- What version of Zotero do I have?
- Why am I getting a database version error?
- Why can’t I access a proxied site when the Zotero Connector is enabled?
- Why don’t I see any tabs in the item pane after selecting an item?
- Why is my browser saying the Zotero Connector needs access to my data on all websites?
- Why is there no save button in my browser toolbar?
- Why isn’t Zotero detecting updates?
- Zotero Connector and Safari
- Zotero Connector: “Is Zotero Running?”
- Zotero Keyboard Shortcuts
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?
- Default translators
- 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- How do I add an archival or other unpublished source?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 or article to Zotero?
- How do I import a Mendeley library into Zotero?
- How do I import BibTeX or other standardized formats?
- How do I import from EndNote?
- How do I import references into Zotero?
- How do I label different creator roles, such as Director or Producer, for films and other media?
- 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?
- Legal Citations: Juris-M
- 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?
- Troubleshooting Problems Saving to Zotero
- Why doesn’t the Zotero Connector offer to save complete data from a webpage?
- Why doesn’t Zotero have a “watch folder” feature?
- Why don’t I see a Zotero icon in the address bar when viewing a webpage?
- Zotero Item Types and Fields
Organizing your Library#
- Can I change the way items are sorted in my library?
- Can I highlight and annotate PDFs with Zotero?
- 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#
- “[domain] uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is not trusted because […]”
- “Error connecting to server. Check your Internet connection.”
- Do annotations sync?
- How can I access my library from multiple computers? Can I store my Zotero library and associated files on an external drive?
- How can I switch the Zotero desktop app to a different Zotero account?
- List of WebDAV services
- Why am I getting “The attached file could not be found” when I try to open a file in Zotero?
- Why aren’t changes I make syncing between multiple devices and/or zotero.org?
- Why can’t I connect to a WebDAV server via HTTP on iOS or Android?
- Why do I keep getting file sync errors while syncing?
- Why does Zotero keep asking me to reconcile the same conflicts whenever I sync?
- Why is Zotero telling me that some data could not be downloaded?
- Zotero Sync Reset Options
PDF Reader and Note Editor#
- Where did the Extract Annotations button go?
- Why do I see highlighted text twice in the PDF reader or in notes created from annotations?
Word Processor Plugins#
- Can I prevent the “Add Citation” dialog from the word processor plugins from moving behind the word processor window?
- How do I uninstall the Zotero word processor plugins?
- How do I unlink all Zotero citations in a document?
- Where is the Zotero toolbar in Word for Mac 2008?
- Why are my citations underlined with a dashed line?
- Why are Zotero citations or bibliographies always highlighted in gray or another color?
- Why do I see code beginning with ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION in my document instead of formatted citations?
- Why is a citation not updated in my document after editing the item in Zotero?
- Why is Zotero slow to insert citations or update the bibliography?
- Why isn’t Zotero detecting my existing citations?
- Zotero does not have permission to control Word
Citation Formatting#
- Can I use Zotero in one language and create bibliographies in another?
- Does Zotero support label/authorship trigraph styles, like [ddb98]?
- DOI format in APA style
- How can subsequent occurences of the same author replaced by a fixed term/symbol?
- How do I get titles to show up in sentence case in bibliographies?
- 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?
- How does Zotero parse things in the name fields?
- 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?
- Why isn’t the first letter of a subtitle in uppercase in bibliographies?
Other Topics#
- “[domain] uses an invalid security certificate.”
- How can I move my Zotero library to a different computer?
- How can I open multiple instances of Zotero and save to or cite from a specific instance?
- How can I use multiple profiles in Zotero?
- How can I use Zotero with a SOCKS proxy?
- How do I export my Zotero library?
- How do I find the browser console?
- 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 case changes/capitalization during item import?
- Using Zotero to create COinS metadata
- What connections do I need to allow through a firewall for Zotero to work properly?
- What does “Zotero” mean?
- Where did the Extract Annotations button go?
- Why am I getting a “disk I/O error” at Zotero startup?
- Why can’t Zotero find a linked file?
- Why can’t Zotero find a stored file?
- Why do I no longer see a Save to Zotero option in the Firefox open/save dialog?
- Why do I see highlighted text twice in the PDF reader or in notes created from annotations?
- Why does Zotero store PDF annotations in its database instead of in the PDF file?
- Why is Zotero still saying that my storage is full after I upgraded my storage plan or deleted files?
- Zotero and the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)
- Zotero and Wikipedia/ Wikidata
Zotero for Firefox (pre-Zotero 5.0)#
These topics are no longer relevant for current versions of Zotero.
- “The add-on could not be downloaded because of a connection failure on www.zotero.org.”
- Can I open snapshots in a new tab or window? (Zotero for Firefox)
- How can I use the Chrome or Safari Connectors with Zotero for Firefox?
- How do I change the size of my Zotero pane?
- How do I open and close my Zotero pane?
- Sharing data directory between Zotero Standalone and Zotero for Firefox
- Where are the link and snapshot buttons in Zotero 2.0?
- Why am I getting an “unresponsive script warning”?
- Zotero doesn’t open when I click the Zotero status bar icon or select “Zotero” from the Firefox Tools menu.