Sonny Software

Does anyone know if it is posssible to do this with an in-text citation:

(Author 1995a, b)

Thanks.

I know you can do it like this (Author 1995a, 1995b), but I do not know if your request is possible.

No, as Macsailor said, the year will be output twice.

Jon
Sonny Software

Jon,

Will you please consider adding this capability to Bookends? I can think of several journals that require this format, including one I am currently submitting to.

Thanks

Hi,

I can certainly put it on the request list.

Jon
Sonny Software

I am using the default APA 5th ed. formats, and I can't seem to make the following work:

(Author, Year1; Year2)

I get:

(Author, Year1; Author, Year 2)

for the same author on 2 papers.

Any advice for what I might be doing wrong or need to do?

rob

You need to turn on "Use year-only for repeated authors" in the format (second tab).

Jon
Sonny Software

Dear Jon,
Some time ago you said:

Jon wrote:Hi,
I can certainly put it on the request list.
Jon

This is really an important feature, as repeating the years in citations like:
"cf. MILLER, 2000a, 2000b, 2000c, 2000d"
instead of
"cf. MILLER, 2000a, b, c, d"
is simply too long.
Also an unsatisfactory behaviour in this context: when quoting several same-author-same-year papers, the final in-text citations may turn out to be:
"cf. MILLER, 2000c, 2000b, 2000a, 2000d", depending on their ordering in the reference list.
Can Bookends be made to sort these in-text citations as "a-b-c-d" automatically, without having to reorder the temporary citations manually?
btw: I am using Bookends with Mellel.

Regards and thanks
Hans-Reinhard

Hi, if I understand you correctly, you can do both these things if you are using author-date citations. Check on "Letters for repeated years (2006a,b)", and set the sort pop-up to "Sort as Entered". Does that work for you?

Jon
Sonny Software

Thankyou Jon,
Yes everything in my custom format was already set as you said. And still the in-text quotations do not suppress the repeated years and come up as
Miller (2001a, 2001b, 2002c)
Why??
Regards HR

I can't say without seeing the format. Please zip and send me what you are using.

Jon
Sonny Software