Sonny Software

Hi there,

I am using Bookends and Mellel to write a document. The document is formatted in APA 7th.


I would like my citations to be formatted in one of two ways, depending on whether they are placed at the end of a sentence

... (Smith, 2021)

or anywhere else in the sentence

Smith (2021) argued...


At the moment, all citations are formatted the first way [a, d]. I know I can change the formatting to [a (d)] under Biblio > Formats Manager > Citation Options but that seems to change the formatting for all citations.

I have also tried to edit a specific citation directly in Mellel (by changing the Formatted Citation). This changes the formatting temporarily - until a new citation is inserted.

I understand that any edits (e.g., \text\, @123) must be made directly to the Citation but I am not sure how to change the format of a specific citation from [a, d] to [a (d)].


Questions
1. How can I change the format of a specific citation in Mellel?
2. Alternatively, how can I set up Bookends to accommodate two formats?


Thanks

You can use metacharacters at the beginning of a temp citation to achieve many different outcomes.

In your case, if you want the author in front, you'd use ^

{^temp citation}

You can add it in Mellel itself, or have Bookends do that for you with Edit -> Copy Citation And Modifiers

Jon
Sonny Software

Thanks Jon.

In a similar vein, is there a metacharacter to place the title in front? Legal cases are cited in the following manner:

(A v B, 2021)

and

A v B (2021)

As a workaround, I can just move the title to the author space...

No. All of the metacharacters are listed in the user guide, and you can see them in the Copy Citation And Modifiers menu I cited.

You could also create a Legal Type and in the format have the Citation Options set to output title wherever you want it.

Jon
Sonny Software