diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.js b/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.js
index ea71eb73c3..2e54f23840 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.js
@@ -1428,16 +1428,25 @@ var ZoteroPane = new function()
 			return;
 		}
 		
-		// Make sure at least one item is not a standalone note or attachment
-		var haveRegularItem = false;
+		// Make sure at least one item is a regular item
+		//
+		// DEBUG: We could copy notes via keyboard shortcut if we altered
+		// Z_F_I.copyItemsToClipboard() to use Z.QuickCopy.getContentFromItems(),
+		// but 1) we'd need to override that function's drag limit and 2) when I
+		// tried it the OS X clipboard seemed to be getting text vs. HTML wrong,
+		// automatically converting text/html to plaintext rather than using
+		// text/unicode. (That may be fixable, however.)
+		var canCopy = false;
 		for each(var item in items) {
 			if (item.isRegularItem()) {
-				haveRegularItem = true;
+				canCopy = true;
 				break;
 			}
 		}
-		if (!haveRegularItem) {
-			window.alert(Zotero.getString("fileInterface.noReferencesError"));
+		if (!canCopy) {
+			var pr = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/default-prompt;1"]
+						.getService(Components.interfaces.nsIPrompt);
+			pr.alert("", Zotero.getString("fileInterface.noReferencesError"));
 			return;
 		}
 		
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/quickCopy.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/quickCopy.js
index 767ebce3f0..a67c9ef872 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/quickCopy.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/quickCopy.js
@@ -198,6 +198,14 @@ Zotero.QuickCopy = new function() {
 				// Text-only adjustments
 				//
 				
+				// Add placeholders for newlines between notes
+				if (notes.length > 1) {
+					var divs = textXML.div;
+					for (var i=0, len=divs.length(); i<len-1; i++) {
+						divs[i].p += <p>--------------------------------------------------</p>;
+					}
+				}
+				
 				if (Zotero.Prefs.get('export.quickCopy.quoteBlockquotes.plainText')) {
 					// Add quotes around blockquote paragraphs
 					var nodes = textXML..blockquote;
@@ -294,6 +302,13 @@ Zotero.QuickCopy = new function() {
 					}
 				}
 				
+				if (notes.length > 1) {
+					var divs = htmlXML.div;
+					for (var i=0, len=divs.length(); i<len-1; i++) {
+						divs[i].p += <p>----------------------------------------------------------------------</p>;
+					}
+				}
+				
 				// Add quotes around blockquote paragraphs
 				if (Zotero.Prefs.get('export.quickCopy.quoteBlockquotes.richText')) {
 					var nodes = htmlXML..blockquote;
@@ -370,6 +385,7 @@ Zotero.QuickCopy = new function() {
 					html: csl.formatBibliography(itemSet, "HTML")
 				};
 			}
+			
 			return bibliography;
 		}