My publisher (OUP) wants my endnotes formatted as last name only (unless authors share a last name), short title, and (if appropriate) page numbers. I can’t seem to edit a style so that it generates only the last name for the footnote citations. I can go back once I’ve finished and delete first names manually, but (1) this is pretty tedious for a 400+pp ms. and (2) I’d need to be certain that nothing needs to be edited again before I do that, since the first names would reappear if I update the citations.
Yay – that worked! Thank you!!
I’m hoping that you might help me make the leap to using “short form” style in my footnotes and still having a Chicago 16 formatted bibliography.
So when I insert a footnote I do it in Word and then use the Insert Citation command to pick the citation I want to footnote. However, no matter what I seem to do all I can get is a “full” footnote that is almost identical to the full citation ni my bibliography.
Is there a plain, numbered instruction list for how to use a short form footnote?
Would asking for a more “basic” explanation be completely sad?
Thanks!
@dolusbonus wrote:
So when I insert a footnote I do it in Word and then use the Insert Citation command to pick the citation I want to footnote. However, no matter what I seem to do all I can get is a “full” footnote that is almost identical to the full citation ni my bibliography.
Is there a plain, numbered instruction list for how to use a short form footnote?
Questions:
- Do your Endnote records have short titles in the “Short Title” field? (The Short Title field is used to enter abbreviated versions of the regular title which should be used as part of an in-text citation or a footnote citation.)
- Does your output style include the short title templates – you can check or attach your output style file.
For further information on short titles, go to the Endnote toolbar and select Help >Search for Help on, and look up “short titles”.