# Setting in text citation format as default

**URL:** <https://community.endnote.com/t/setting-in-text-citation-format-as-default/310867>\
**Category:** EndNote How To\
**Created:** [September 15, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/setting-in-text-citation-format-as-default/310867 "2016-09-15T15:04:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/setting-in-text-citation-format-as-default/310867/1 "2016-09-15T15:04:33Z")

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I am using Endnote X7.7 for Mac.

I am using the Harvard referencing style which, as its **default** setting, should display a reference in text as:

author, date

However, I have added my references to my file and they have all been added as the&nbsp; **exclude year** format instead of the default and hence are given as:

author

I need my references with the date included. I appreciate that I can change each of my references manually from exclude year to default but I have 456 indivudal citations of 250 references and so this would likely take a very long time! Is there a way to set this?

I have checked the output style in Output Style Manager and as far as I can see there is no way to change this (although I have almost certainly missed something).

Any help would be massively appreciated.