Re: [users-biblio] Question about bibliographic aspects of Writer

[dnwilson]

Quijada, J. B. wrote:
Hi!

I recently switched to open office and so far I like it a great deal but
the lack of bibliographic software compatibility is a big problem, so I
wish all you developers godspeed! Please add me to the email list, if
there is one (the most recent posts seem quite old) and I would be glad
to give user feedback on what is needed/desirable in a bibliographic
program or test beta versions for you. 

  
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My question is this. I have my bibliographic data file. Can I load this
pre-existing data into writer's bibliographic function in one shot? Or
does this have to be done reference by reference?  The file exists in
both zotero and endnotes formats. I'd rather load the zotero version,
but the endnotes one is acceptable if that's the best that can be done.
  
Have you installed  the Zotero/Openoffice plugin to OpenOffice? see 
http://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_installation

With this you can directly insert your Zotero citations into OpenOffice.

Thing is, I don't want to bother to learn to use the existing
bibliography function if I have to enter all the data piece by piece and
start my bibliography over from scratch. 
I agree it is not worth bothering with.

The existing database is the
result of years of graduate work.  And am I correct in reading the
instructions that there is no 'notes' field in the current software?
Would this aspect of the data be lost?

  
I am not sure what you mean here.
 

And related, has anyone ever tried to configure open office's database
program to handle bibliographic references? I haven't used a database
program in just about forever, but I'm willing to learn again if it can
be done, but I have zero programming skills. 

 
  
There is already a bibliographic database in OpenOffice Writer.

Menu: Tools->Bibliographic Database.
and Menu: Insert->Indexes and Tables->Bibliographic Entry

The reason I ask is - I had a very old version of endnotes on a computer
that died. I switched to zotero on the new computer, and I love zotero
so far, especially the screen capture functions, for web based research
(although I have not tried cite as you write with it yet and am unsure
if this is possible)
Yes it is.
 but I am now having malware problems with firefox.
  
I suggest you export your Zotero Library and delete Firefox and 
reinstall it. Or if you have set up Zotero Sync Server (see below) When 
you reinstall Zotero and reconnect to the Zotero Sync Server it will 
load the data back.
I am a mac user who recently switched to a pc netbook and I am totally
out of my element here.  Even if I get the malware cleaned out, this
could happen again, and as an academic, not getting to my bibliographic
data is a HUGE problem, so a stand alone program seems better. 
Have you tried the  Zotero Sync Server - this makes a remote backup of 
your Zotero Database ? You access this from  your Zotero Preferences menu.
But
endnotes doesn't work with open office, 
The latest version of Endnotes X3 does have an OpenOffice Plugin.

and I don't want to go back to
Microsoft Word, since, so far, I really like open office much better.
Refworks is also web based.  So my data exists in both zotero and
endnotes forms, I can currently get to it in neither one of these, and
both seem like bad choices under the circumstances, but I can't find a
better one.

 

Any thoughts would be welcome. 
  
Try the Zotero/Openoffice plugin.

Consider going back to the MAC or installing Linux on your netbook  - 
less malware.


Good Luck

regards

David Wilson
Sincerely, 

Justine Q


  


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