Make it quicker to 'supress author' in word

vpolito

This would be a handy feature:

Make the 'supress author' option part of the main 'quick format citation' popup rather than having to go into the individual properties of each reference.

Maybe you could include a checkbox before,after, above or below the citations?

mronkko

The same can be said about pages, prefix, and suffix. Adding these above or below each citation in the quickformat dialog would result in a very convoluted user interface.

The current way is actually very fast if you use keyboard: Move cursor to the citation, then cmd/ctrl + down, tab, tab, tab, space, enter. Takes less than a second to do once you memorize it.

vpolito

I understand you need to keep the interface clean and simple... but Id much prefer 1 click to moving the cursor and then 7 keystrokes.

I can imagine a neat looking 'quick format citation' that simply includes a second line with 4 optional fields (supress author, pages, prefix, suffix)

adamsmith

(it's currently 2 clicks - like mronkko I find 7 keystrokes faster, but if you prefer the mouse option, that works, too.
It's always a trade-off, I'm firmly on the side on keeping this simple here, especially as it only applies to author date styles.

vpolito

ok well you guys certainly do seem to know what you're doing.
thanks for considering anyways.