I am using APA 5th on Endnote 9. I need to cite Smyth (2000, 2003) - however every time I try to do this I get (2000; , 2003) is there a way to remove the incorrect ; ,?
Thanks
Did you update your version 9? There was patch which addressed a number of issues (including a double comma in the citation). Although you’re reporting a semi-colon followed by comma as your problem, would suggest you first update your EndNote program with the patch and see what the result generates. If you’ve installed the patch and still experience the semi-colon-and-comma problem then it will suggest other possible workarounds.
The patch is available on the EndNote/Thomson Reuter support site below - just follow the installation instructions.
Yes, I have updated version 9 - still have the sample problem when I exclude the authors. Can anyone help?
Thanks
Could you check the citation template of your output style to see if the “Multiple citation separator” box just contains a single semi-colon?
FYI - in testing your APA 5th style file with EndNote X3 and Word 2007, the resulting citation was perfect … no semicolon.
Interesting…
The version has been updated - it states 9.0.1 when I go to ‘about endnote’. I have tried unformatting the citation but with no success. There are no problems when I have a reference and exclude one author - the problem arises when I exclude 2.
Any help greatly appreciated as i have to hand in my thesis in 2 weeks and I have this problem with a number of references I have included.
thanks
Still exactly the same problem 
- although now it seems there is a , then a ;
Smyth’s (2008,; 2009)
Still exactly the same. It is fine if I exclude the author once, but when I exclude the author twice (the same author using 2 references) I get exactly the same Smyth’s (2008,; 2009) research. Please help - thesis due next Monday!
+1 to Leanne’s suggestion.
In a desperate situation (2-3 days before due date), grab a sticky note, write down a list of things to do manually, and clear the list at the end.
ok, the exact same problem as roush
citations were working correctly, however, this chapter has been worked on by my supervisor who uses a mac, and it was then worked on, on my other PC which uses word 2007, and a different version of endnote. Since opening it up on my laptop which uses word 2003 and endnote 9.0.1, the citations have gone weird.
The ‘semicolon comma’ problem also occurs when i’ve listed a series of dictionaries together which do not have an author field, previously the problem was not there, and now it is.
Endnote also doesn’t recognise when the authors are the same after I add a prefix to the citation. for instance, I want to say (see Dakubu, 1981, 2000) but instead it appears as (see Dakubu, 1981; Dakubu, 2000)
Now, I’ve just check one of my earlier versions of this chapter, and the problem is not there, until I edit the citation, and the ‘semicolon comma’ formating problem occurs, and even if I cancel and undo all the actions, the formating problem is still there…
any ideas
Michael.
ok, I don’t know what I’m doing, but I’ve just edited the output style for APA 5th, the problem seems to be better but not fixed, the output template was
(Author|, Year|, p.^pp. Cited Pages|)
it is now,
(Author, |Year|, p.^pp. Cited Pages|)
The dictionary references look as they should, but the years for articles by the same author are separated with a semicolon rather than a comma, so the problem basically remains.
Michael.
here’s the file. If all this fails, is there any way to reset the default APA 5th.ens.
APA 5th.ens (40.3 KB)