Bibliography displays dash instead of author for some references

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Hi,

I’'ve had a weird problem on my thesis where the citation is fine, but in the bibliography the reference just has a — in stead of the author. It’s happening on three of my references, and they (as far as I can tell) have been inputted in exactly the same way as the other 50 or so. I really can’t figure this one out even with quite a bit of experimenting so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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I am assuming that this occurs when the first author is repeated and is a setting in the style.  What style is being used in the maunscript (in the fomat paaper options) and is this by design for your publication style?  Attach your style to a message here and check the requirements.  The option will be in the relevant section of the style settings.  (Author listing).

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Does the “—” appear when the references happen to be by the same author(s) - also known as “repeated authors”?  If so, it sounds like the “Replace repeated authors with: —” option might have been mistakenly selected. Check/change the “For Subsequent Works by the Same Author” setting located in the “Author Lists” option on the output style’s Bibliography setting":

  1. Go to the EndNote toolbar, select EDIT, OUTPUT STYLES, EDIT [Name of style].  This will cause the output style’s main window to pop-up.

  2. In the left column of the style window, locate “Bibliography” and click to select AUTHOR LISTS.

  3. On the right side, bottom, locate the selection labeled: For Subsequent Works by the Same Author.  If the last option is selected (Replace repeated authors with: —), change to: Print the author list as defined above.

Close the output style window.  If prompted to save the changes, note that they will be saved under a new file name that includes the word “Copy” (unless you manually delete the word).  If you save the changes as a copy remember to change the style selection in EndNote and your word processor to reflect the proper output style name otherwise the changes won’t apply to your document.

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Absolutely that has fixed it. Thanks so much guys, it probably seems trivial but it was causing me some grief. I couldn’t see the pattern as the authors listed perfectly except for where they had contributed chapters of the same book.

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Hello, 

I’ve been trying to get rid of hyphens in MS WORD 2013. There aren’t any settings described above. So if anyone wants to repeat authors in bibliography - go to your appdata folder. Eg: C:\Users\<name>\appData\Roaming\microsoft\Bibliography\Style\ open ISO690Nmerical.XSL  and find these four lines:

<xsl:when test="/b:Bibliography/b:Source[position()=$prevBook]/b:Author/b:Main = b:Author/b:Main">
<xsl:if test ="string-length(b:Author/b:Main)>0">
<xsl:call-template name="templ_prop_ISO690_SameAuthor"/><xsl:call-template name="templ_prop_Dot"/><xsl:call-template name="templ_prop_Space"/>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:when>

and DELETE THEM!

And thats it.