point at the of the citation

corto_lu
Is it possible to get the citation without a point at the end (chicago manual)? Sometimes I would like to put a comma, or continue the phrase.
  • James
    edited February 12, 2010
    You can edit any style removing or changing the layout suffix in the last line below:

    <citation>
    <option name="et-al-min" value="4"/>
    <option name="et-al-use-first" value="1"/>
    <option name="et-al-subsequent-min" value="4"/>
    <option name="et-al-subsequent-use-first" value="1"/>
    <option name="disambiguate-add-names" value="true"/>
    −
    <layout prefix="" suffix="." delimiter="; ">

    However, if it you only sometimes don't want the point you can edit any citation using the edit citation option in the MS Word and Open Office plug-ins.
  • corto_lu
    Thanks for this quick answer but i have to admit that i don't know what to do with both them
    - how can i change the layout suffix?
    - and i don't find the edit citation option in my open office plug-in
  • adamsmith
    edited February 12, 2010
    http://www.zotero.org/support/csl_simple_edits

    The "edit citation" option is actually called "Show editor" (edit citation exists, too, but it won't let you remove the period) - but as this will "freeze" the citation, preventing any future updates of either the style or the data for this citation it is generally discouraged.

This is an old discussion that has not been active in a long time. Instead of commenting here, you should start a new discussion. If you think the content of this discussion is still relevant, you can link to it from your new discussion.