How to go from "(author, year)" to "author (year)" in Word 2007?

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Hello Endnote-professionals,

I would like to know how I can write the following ‘citation’ in MS Word 2007 and still have the entry in the reference list:

“Hunt, Moyer et al. (1997) found that a lower earnings volatility is related to a higher market value of equity.”

instead of

“A lower earnings volatility is related to a higher market value of equity (Hunt, Moyer et al. 1997).”

In essence it means only the opening bracket has to be moved back (and the sentence rephrased). Manually moving the opening bracket in Word 2007 does not work, since the change is automatically undone. 

I use Endnote X2 in combination with MS Word 2007 on a 64-bit system.

I would greatly appreciate any help (and I apologise for this newbie question).

Roy 

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Thank you very much,

I’m doing your suggested second solution (because it sounded easier to do) and it works. 

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Just FYI for anyone who happens upon this. I’m also running endnote x4 in mac word 2007. author {,YEAR #RecNo} seems to be the best solution for when I need to cite author (year). Hope this helps someone else in the future. 

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I agree - the second solution worked perfectly for me as well.

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I was using a very old version endnote 7, and

“Meyer and Paulay {, 2005 #4777}”

will format into

“Meyer and Paulay (2005)”,

which is what i want. 

Now i have to use endnote X7, as the old version does not work with new versions of word.  now the same text formats to

“Meyer and Paulay Meyer and Paulay (2005)”,

which is ugly and not what i want. 

If I “format citation” and choose “exclude author”, and then “convert to unformatted citations”, i get

“Meyer and Paulay {, 2005 #4777}”

Then if i update citations, i get the wrong text:

“Meyer and Paulay Meyer and Paulay (2005)”,

X7 is full of bloatware, true junk.

long time endnote user

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I found this video showing simple way to change the format. 

https://youtu.be/hfutg9MNet0