188BET靠谱吗Zotero doesn't work in a long word document

paulinalehmkuhl

188BET靠谱吗Dear Zotero team,

188BET靠谱吗I am working on a PhD thesis and have a very long Word Mac document with multiple Zotero sources (and cross references).As of today, I suddenly cannot insert any sources.I do not get any error messages: whenever I try to link a source, the software and Word freeze.I have read all the threads on the topic and here is what I tried until now:
- restart the software and the PC
-Update MacOS
188BET靠谱吗-Zotero and Word were both up to date.I tried installing an older Word version where the issues were not there - unsuccessful
- Using a back up of the now corrupted file - no change
188BET靠谱吗- Zotero WORKS in a new word document.188BET靠谱吗It seems the old document is too complex for Zotero.I tried your troubleshooting for corrupted documents- no change.Reinstallling the toolbar makes no sense, based on the advice online.

188BET靠谱吗Zotero was taking forever to insert citations already when the document was 200 pages long (now it is double the length).It offered inserting offline (I hope this is the right term) citations, which are underscored.188BET靠谱吗None of the Zotero toolbar buttons lead to any action (settings, unlink citations....).188BET靠谱吗Should I reinstall Zotero?Based on your advice online, it seems that it will not make any difference.

I was hopeless and thought about using a separate WORD document for new references that I am going to add and manually (...) updating the list of sources at the end.However, I CANNOT create a list of sources from my main document anyhow!I am afraid all my work with sources is lost.How do I save it?188BET靠谱吗How do I create a table of content if Zotero is not responsive?Everything crashes constantly...Please send help...

paulinalehmkuhl

...pasting the main document into a new document did not help either.188BET靠谱吗It seems the complexity of the document crushes Zotero.What to do?

aborel

188BET靠谱吗Zotero and Word on a Mac are known to be the slowest possible combination of platform and word processor, unfortunately.This means that updating a long document can take minutes, even hours.188BET靠谱吗The Zotero developers are in contact with Microsoft about this, apparently the discussion is productive, but there is no information yet about a possible timeline for a solution.

You can disable automatic formatting of the bibliography while you are working, it should help 188BET靠谱吗//www.brodersterzo.com/support/kb/citations_slow

paulinalehmkuhl

Hey Aborel, many thanks for your prompt reply.I am already working with disabled automatic formatting, otherwise it was impossible to write.Given the length of the document, right now it is impossible to paste in a reference even with disabled automatic formatting.I ran further tests and they confirm your suspicion – if I only copy 10-20 pages of the main document into another word document, everything runs smoothly.I can refresh the inactive citations and create bibliography.How can I keep writing and working in the main document if the issue is the length and the automatic updating is already disabled?I was almost hoping for a corrupted citation that crushes the program.It does not seem to be an issue though?Many thanks!!!

adomasven

188BET靠谱吗You should allow Zotero more time to work on your document.You can open the Debug Output (Help -> Debug Output Logging -> View Output).188BET靠谱吗You will see lines regarding document processing being logged, which means that Zotero is working on your document.

paulinalehmkuhl

Thank you.188BET靠谱吗It unfortunately takes more than 5 min per citation, if Zotero doesn't crash.What a pity, it makes work impossible.Would the following solution work?I use a separate empty document for pasting in references, which I then copy-paste into the main document.Once I create the bibliography in the main document, will the copy-pasted reference be recognised effortlessly by the software?188BET靠谱吗For this step, I can install Zotero on a windows computer and create the bibliography there, as it seems to never work on mac.Thank you!

tim820

Using unformatted citations might also be an option for you if other options are impractical.It avoids the need to use the word processor plugin.You can either just type in the plain text citations in curly brackets, or use Quick Copy.188BET靠谱吗You save the penultimate file to RTF format (or work in that format all along), and then save the final formatted version (after processing within Zotero) to docx at the end if you need it.
188BET靠谱吗//www.brodersterzo.com/support/rtf_scan

adomasven

Would the following solution work?I use a separate empty document for pasting in references, which I then copy-paste into the main document.Once I create the bibliography in the main document, will the copy-pasted reference be recognised effortlessly by the software?188BET靠谱吗For this step, I can install Zotero on a windows computer and create the bibliography there, as it seems to never work on mac.

This will work.