Problem with , et al in text

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Hi

My in text references are showing as Smith, et al., 2005 instead of Smith et al., 2005.

How do I get rid of the comma after the author’s name?

Thanks!

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Check the citation “Authors Lists” option of your output style:

  1. Go to the EndNote toolbar, select EDIT, OUTPUT STYLES, EDIT [name of your style].

  2. In the style’s dialog box locate the “Citations” heading and just below click to select: Author Lists.

  3. On the right of the Authors Lists options, for both the “Abbreviated Author List - First Appearance” locate the “and  abbreviate with” phrase and in theadjacent  text box delete the comma so the phrase is: et al.      Repeat this for the “Abbreviated Author List - Subsequent Appearance” if applicable.

  4. Close the style to save the changes.  The changes will be saved as a copy so you’ll need to change both EndNote and MS Word to use the output style file copy.

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Great, thank you so much for your reply.

I’ve tried up to step 3 a few times and was disappointed when nothing happened, so this is exciting!!

Problem now is step 4 - where do I find the copy? I’ve had a look at the Output files and it doesn’t mention a copy there…

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:smiley:

Oh thank you so much!! I had a few more tries to find where the copy was located and I found it!  Thanks so much!!! REALLY appreciated!!

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Thanks!  It’s rare to catch an error in Endnote, but at least this one is easy to fix.