Author (Year) and (Author, year)

Hi all,

I use APA style of referencing. In case of in-text citation, I use (Author, year) while sometime, Author (Year). In case of more than three authors, I can edit in-text citation from (X, Y & Z, 2015) to X, Y and Z (2015). When the next time I insert the same citation, it appears as X et al. (2015). After sometime (or days), I realize that I should move the first para and place it after the second one (i.e., X, Y and Z (2015) after X et al. (2015)), then in-text citation should automatically change. However, since I edited the first one, it doesnt!

Earlier, I used Endnote. It was very easy because you donot edit the citation, you just change the insertion style while inserting in-text citation..

I am pissed off with this.. Any solution plz??
  • The recommended way of handling this is using suppress author, but it won't take care of the changing et als for you, sorry. https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_usage#quick_format_citation_dialog

    (also, please keep your language PG ;)

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