Now, I’ve taken a step back from Zotero Synch Preview 1.5 used in connection with Word 2008 (on Mac) to 1.0.9 used in connection with Word 2004.
The reason is the instability (it is, after all, an alpha version) of the Word plugin; several times, it has made Word hang, most often when inserting a bibliography.
Backtracking to the 1.0.9 version was easy:
- I exported my library to a file on my desktop
- uninstalled Zotero from Firefox
- removed the Zotero folder from /Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/
/zotero - installed the 1.0.9 version
- imported the library from the desktop
When starting Word 2004, everything seems to be working fine.
Sometimes it is better not to live the bleeding-edge early adopter life of using software in beta and alpha state!
In the process, I got good support from the Zotero Forum, which I appreciate (here and here).
