@jfullert wrote:
Does anyone have recommendations for what to do in this kind of case. We were seeing problems of this type (the double spaces) with the following reference types: government document, hearing, electronic book, and web page.
You seemed to have resolved the problem. Adjusting the portion of the government document template by inserting a link adjacent text character (“diamond”), and moving the period after the forced separation is correct:
Author. (Year)|.◊Title|.◊(Report Number)|.
Link adjacent text helps to “connect” fields and/or punctuation items together and has broad application. So in your example if the report number field is blank/missing, both the field (Report Number) and the preceding period will drop out. The period at the end (following the forced separation “vertical bar” character) now “drops in” and will appear after the report’s title. Using EndNote’s special characters assists in creating and modifying templates. Info is available by going to the EndNote toolbar and selecting Help > Search for Help On, then typing “Special formatting characters”.
The underlying concept for the sample template fix above has application to other reference types (i.e., government document, hearing, electronic book, and web page) but will need to be adjusted to fit the fields used in the given template.
Addressing template fixes is best pursued first in EndNote as once the problem is addressed, corrections will be automatically applied to current and future entries. Removing field codes in the MS Word document is an option of last resort as it deactivates the links to the EndNote library.