In-Text Citation Weirdness

EndNote EndNote Styles, Filters, and Connections
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I have made minor edits to the APA 7th output style to:

  1. only list the first author of a paper with 3 or more authors and then use et al.
  2. use the word “and” instead of “&”.

I now have some citations (Reference Type: Journal Article) that do this correctly. Some that list all authors (up to three), and some that list the first two authors. Moreover, this seems to happen with the original APA 7th output style as well.

EndNote was recently updated to EndNote 20.0.1 (Build 17232). I am using Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) Version 2307 (Build 16626.20068 Click to Run).

Please advise.

Thank you.

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Sorry for the lack of clarity.

  1. Under citations. See wjat O dod.

Citations, Author Lists:

Abbreviated Author List - for First and Subsequent Appearances:

Number of Authors 1 to 2 before last " and "

If 2 or more authors, list the first 1 author(s) and abbreviate with: et al..

  1. Expectation is in the citations in the text. What I am getting is (for example):

1 author: “Tamblyn, 1999”
2 authors: “Ma and ten Cate, 2023”
3 authors: “Harden, Crosby, and Davis, 1999”
4 or more authors: “Frank, Snell, et al., 2010” or “Cooke et al., 2010”

For four or more authors, it is consistent through the manuscript. If it shows up as “Frank, Snell, et al.” it will always show up as “Frank, Snell, et al.” If it shows up as “Cooke et al.,” it will always show up as “Cooke et al.”

  1. Saved edited style name separately and linked to that style name in Word.

I have tried deleting and re-entering references in the database. It still shows up with the error. Not sure I know what I am doing wrong.

Thanks for your help.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

The “Ambiguous Citations” checkbox was the key. It is not unchecked and everything works as I wanted!

Again, thanks!