I have written a paper for my history class in Chicago format (not exactly, but I used zotero-odf-scan.github.io/zotero-odf-scan/ with footnotes), but I need to make the paper MLA or APA format for an essay contest. I am having troubles because all of my citations are as footnotes, not in text citations. I used ODF to make the footnotes MLA format, but they did not go in-text. Is there any easy or quick way to solve this problem?
You can’t do it in Scrivener. From Scrivener’s point of view, citations are just text that you chose to put in footnotes.
But can you do it in Zotero, by rescanning the original compiled file from Scrivener? I thought the ability to do this sort of thing was supposed to be one of the advantages of reference management software?
Katherine
Well, Zotero allows me to switch from citiation styles with ease, but the problem is that the MLA citations are in the footnotes and not in the actual text. If I could somehow drag in the footnotes in Scrivener to the actual text, then it would work but I don’t think that is possible.
Assuming you currently have inspector footnotes, you can convert them to comments by selecting, then right-clicking and choosing the “Convert to Comments” option.
Then, edit the Compile Format you’re using and look at the Footnotes and Comments pane. There’s an option to export comments and annotations as Inline Comments, set off with brackets or whatever you prefer.
That should pull the notes back into the body text.
Katherine
I cannot seem to find the “ option to export comments and annotations as Inline Comments, set off with brackets or whatever you prefer.”
This is what I see: drive.google.com/file/d/1–Eqt5 … p=drivesdk
Where can I find the options to export comments and annotations as Inline Comments?
@kewms
Right-click on “Chicago Essay” over in the list of formats, and choose the Edit (or Duplicate and Edit) option.
Look at the Footnotes and Comments pane once you’re in the Editor.
Katherine