Regarding the Zotero OpenOffice.org and Word plugins/templates

To further comment on Peters Sefton's blog posting last week, (http://ptsefton.com/blog/2007/08/17/13-27-46.445348) you no longer need to use the developers version of Zotero as the plugins for Word and OpenOffice.org developed as part of the ICE project are now are available of the Zotero website at http://www.zotero.org.

Peter also mentioned the demo of the Zotero plugins I had made, I will be adding more soon and this time I will include audio (the quality was poor last time so I left it off). If you find them useful feedback would be appreciated.

The ICE toolbar and Zotero template available for download

The ICE toolbar

The ICE toolbar has been developed as an OpenOffice.org extension and a Microsoft Word add-in. The purpose of the toolbar is to apply the ICE styles quicker and easier, this has been achieved by the creation of a toolbar that not only uses identical icons in OpenOffice.org and Word but also uses the same short cuts on all operating systems and word processors. The functionality of toolbar also includes some "smarts" to assist with the creation of more structurally correct content.

The ICE toolbars are still being developed however, they are usable. Feel free to download and try them out, feedback is appreciated via the contact us page form or mailing list.

Try the ICE toolbar OpenOffice.org extension

Try the ICE toolbar MSWord Add-In

The Zotero template

A requirement of the ICE for Research and Scholarships is to identify the potential to enhance bibliographic software to complement ICE. Zotero was identified as having potential and is also an open source application. The main requirements identified were to develop an OpenOffice.org extension and Word add-on that uses an interoperable method of inserting citations and bibliographies.

"Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself."

Source: http://www.zotero.org

Installing the Zotero template

The Zotero templates developed by the ICE project are being considered for integration and are available from the Zotero.

Before you can use the Zotero templates you first need to install the developers version of the plugin, you can get it from http://www.zotero.org/download/zotero-devel.xpi

You can download the Zotero templates from https://www.zotero.org/trac/browser/integration/branches/ice